TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Health Promotion Interventions and Research
A1  - Unger, Jennifer B.
A1  - Reynolds, Kim D.
A1  - Spruijt-Metz, Donna
A2  - Boulton, Matthew L.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
AB  - Health  promotion  interventions  focus  on  keeping  people  healthy  rather  than  treating  them  after  they  become  sick.  This  can  be  achieved  in  several  ways,  including  helping  people  become  more  motivated  to  change  their  behavior  and  modifying  the  environment  to  make  it  more  conducive  to  health-promoting  behaviors.  The  field  of  health  promotion  is  based  on  the  assumptions  that  people’s  behaviors  impact  their  health  outcomes  that  people  can  change  their  health-related  behaviors  when  they  have  the  necessary  knowledge,  resources,  motivation,  and  skills,  as  well  as  a  supportive  environment,  and  that  interventions  can  provide  or  increase  their  knowledge,  resources,  motivation,  and  skills.  The  goal  of  health  promotion  interventions  is  to  empower  people  to  modify  their  behavior  to  optimize  their  health.  Many  of  the  risk  and  protective  factors  for  health  and  disease  outcomes  are  behaviors  that  can  be  modified,  including  diet,  physical  activity,  tobacco,  alcohol,  and  other  substance  use,  sexual  behaviors,  and  screening.1  Because  optimal  health  involves  the  performance  of  multiple  healthy  behaviors  and  the  avoidance  of  multiple  unhealthy  behaviors,  health  promotion  interventions  often  emphasize  broad  lifestyle  changes  rather  than  modification  of  a  single  behavior.  The  design  of  behavioral  interventions  involves  a  series  of  decisions  including  operationalization  of  the  goals  of  the  intervention  (e.g.,  prevent  substance  use,  increase  physical  activity,  increase  condom  use),  the  target  population  (e.g.,  adults,  adolescents,  a  specific  ethnic  group),  the  way  in  which  the  intervention  will  be  delivered  (e.g.,  mass  media,  in  person,  online),  and  the  design  of  the  specific  intervention  messages  and  activities.  
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PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182685146
ER  -