Environmental Health Behavior by Ana Virgolino, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Environmental Health Behavior: Concepts, Determinants, Impacts, and Research Methodsintegrates two intertwined fields, environmental health sciences and human behavior, to identify and systematize what is known about human behaviors and habits. Divided into six parts, the book takes the readers through the conceptual framework for Environmental Health Behavior (EHB) (Part 1), How EHB concept targets behaviors that affect human health and health/sustainability of natural environments (Part 2), The environmental impacts of human demands and behavior (Part 3), The impact of the environment on human behavior change (Part 4), Strategies to promote EHB change (Part 5), and Methods in EBH research (Part 6).In this book, a multidisciplinary group of expert contributors introduces broad perspectives on the intricate links between environment and health and provides readers with the conceptual framework and the research tools in environmental health behavior and behavioral change. Provides easily accessible, integrated data that is supported by practical and illustrative examples of environmental health behaviors like key concepts, research tools and methodsOffers a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to EHB by experts from different fields health sciences, environmental sciences, psychology and sociology, among othersDelivers detailed information on how to promote EHB change in different settings, along with the cost-effectiveness of each proposed strategy | Environmental Health Behavior by Ana Virgolino, Paperback | Indigo Chapters