Environmental Health Behavior: Concepts, Determinants, Impacts, and Research Methods

Environmental Health Behavior: Concepts, Determinants, Impacts, and Research Methods integrates 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 methods Offers a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to EHB by experts from different fields - health sciences, environmental sciences, psychology and sociology, among others Delivers detailed information on how to promote EHB change in different settings, along with the cost-effectiveness of each proposed strategy INDICE: Part 1 Environmental Health meets Health Behavior: Towards an Innovative and Heuristic Concept1. One for All, All for One? Effects of Humankind Development on Biodiversity2. Land Ethics, Bioethics and the Gaia Hypothesis3. Natural and Human-built Environments4. From One Health to Planetary Health5. A Different Light on Environmental Health6. Why Environmental Health Behavior?Part 2 Determinants of Environmental Health Behavior7. Biological and Developmental Determinants8. Individual and Family Determinants9. Social and Economic Determinants10. Political Determinants11. Cultural Determinants12. Civilizational DeterminantsPart 3 Environmental Impacts of Human Demands and Behaviors13. Food Industry-related Environmental Impacts14. The Environmental Footprint of the Health Care and Wellbeing Sectors15. Digital Footprints16. Waste Production, Management and Treatment17. Global Communication18. Globalization, Transportation and Human Migrations19. Energy Consumption and Production20. Challenges from Patterns of Water Use and DroughtPart 4 The Impact of Environmental Change on Human Behavior21. Environmental Change: Drivers for Individual and Communities' Lifestyle22. The Nexus Between Environmental Change and Physical Health23. Environmental Change and Mental Health and Wellbeing24. Energy Poverty in an Era of ChangePart 5 Strategies for Promoting Environmental Health Behavioral Change25. Models and Principles of Behavioral Change26. Family-directed EHB Interventions27. School-based EHB Intervention Programs28. EHB Intervention Programs at the Workplace29. Promoting EHB Change at Institutions Providing Social Support to Populations at Risk30. Promoting EHB Change across Different Sectors: Universal Principles of Behavior Modification at Community Level31. EHB Intervention Programs for Health Professionals32. Risk Assessment and Communication33. How Smart and Digital Cities Can Promote Healthy and Sustainable BehaviorsPart 6 Research Methods in Environmental Health Behavior34. Environmental Health Impact Assessment35. Interventions Targeting EHB Promotion: Design, Implementation and Assessment36. Defining Guidelines and Harmonizing Methodologies for Environmental Health Assessment37. Prospective Observation of EHB and Behavioral Change

• ISBN: 978-0-12-824000-7
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés