Authors:Ralph J. DiClemente, James M. Raczynski,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: series, behavioral, psychophysiology, medicine, springer, prevention, health, promotion, disease, handbook
Number of Pages: 678
Published: 1999-09-01
List price: $239.00
ISBN-10: 0306461404
ISBN-13: 9780306461408

This volume provides an overview of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues. Applications of these theories and methods are reviewed to promote health through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. It is intended to allow its use as text for introductory causes to the field of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as a reference for researchers and practitioner’s actively working in this area.

Authors:Ralph J. DiClemente, John L. Peterson,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: prevention, health, mental, aids, handbook, hiv
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 0306462230
ISBN-13: 9780306462238

The Handbook of HIV Prevention is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the theories, methods and approaches for reducing HIV-associated risk behaviors. It represents the first single source of information about HIV prevention research in developed and developing countries. The Handbook addresses the subject of HIV prevention from two interrelated perspectives. First, it presents the seminal theories currently used to guide the development and implementation of HIV prevention interventions. Second, it describes prevention approaches for diverse populations at risk of HIV inf

Authors:Ralph J. DiClemente, Richard A. Crosby, Michelle C
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: health, strategies, improving, research, public, practice, theories, promotion, emerging
Number of Pages: 414
Published: 2002-01-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0787955663
ISBN-13: 9780787955663

"Having so many theories put together thoughtfully, proximally, in a single book will help the field come to grips with what the role is of theories as we go forward and address the individual actions, and societal and community influencers of individual action, that promote healthy behaviors." --Jim Marks, director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention New and longstanding threats to public health, such as violence, drug misuse, HIV/AIDS, and homelessness are creating an ever greater demand for innovative theories th

Authors:Richard A. Crosby, Ralph J. DiClemente, Laura F. S
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: promotion, health, methods, research
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2006-01-23
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0787976792
ISBN-13: 9780787976798

Research Methods in Health Promotion provides students (advanced undergraduate and graduate students) and practitioners with basic knowledge and skills regarding the design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of research in the field of health promotion. Taking the perspective that research involves a predetermined series of well-defined steps, the book presents these steps in a sequential format.

Authors:Ralph J. DiClemente, John S. Santelli, Richard A. Cr
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: risk, behaviors, preventing, understanding, health, adolescent
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 2009-06-02
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0470176768
ISBN-13: 9780470176764

This substantially revised second edition of Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research focusing on the most current research on individual, community, and ecological approaches. The 17 theories described cover the spectrum of health behavior and behavior change, including social influences, self-esteem, conservation of resources, self-determination, community coalition, community capacity, natural helpers, prevention marketing, social action, gender and power, triadic influence, and interactive domain. Each chapter includes a summary, and the contents are bracketed by individ

Author: Carlo C. DiClemente Phd
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: guilford, substance, abuse, series, recover, people, change, addictions, develop, addicted, addiction
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 2006-04-27
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1593853440
ISBN-13: 9781593853440

The stages-of-change model has become widely known as a framework for conceptualizing recovery. Less well known are the processes that drive movement through the stages or how the stages apply to becoming addicted. From Carlo C. DiClemente, codeveloper of the transtheoretical model, this book offers a panoramic view of the entire continuum of addictive behavior change. The author illuminates the common path that individuals travel as they establish and reinforce new patterns of behavior, whether they are developing an addiction or struggling to free themselves from one, and regardless of the s

Authors:James O. Prochaska, John Norcross, Carlo DiClemente,
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: moving, life, positively, forward, habits, overcoming, revolutionary, six, stage, program, changing
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1995-09-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 038072572X
ISBN-13: 9780380725724

How many times have you thought about starting a diet or quitting smoking without doing anything about it? Or lapsed back into bad habits after hitting a rough spot on the road to recovery?To uncover the secret to successful personal change, three acclaimed psychologists studied more than 1000 people who were able to positively and permanently alter their lives without psychotherapy. They discovered that change does not depend on luck or willpower. It is a process that can be successfully managed by anyone who understands how it works. Once you determine which stage of change you’re in,