Handbook of Program Development for Health Behavior Research and Practice
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Handbook of Program Development for Health Behavior Research and Practice

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Handbook of Program Development for Health Behavior Research and Practice

About this book

The Handbook of Program Development for Health Behavior Research and Practice guides the reader from program development theory through program activity analysis and selection, immediate impact studies, and intermediate and long-term outcome measurement. The handbook consists of five parts, providing a wealth of information about:

- The history and rationale for engaging in health behavior program development, including a case study that shows how to apply the six-step program development model and ways of surmounting the hurdles to engaging in program development

- The role of theory in program development, the use of assessment studies to fill in gaps in theory regarding what leads to health-related behavior, and many issues and resources relevant to pooling information about prior interventions

- Perceived efficacy (i.e. concept evaluation) methods of activity selection, including verbal and paper-and-pencil methods of selecting potentially useful activities

- Immediate-impact studies of activities and program creation

- Ways to find immediate-outcome measures that predict longer-term outcome measures, and future issues to consider in the arena of health behavior program development.

Each section consists of an overview; one or more commentaries from recognized theorists, researchers, and practitioners in the health field, and case studies that provide guidelines on addressing relevant aspects of program development. These case studies will provide useful information for discussion, research, and application. In all, this handbook provides 20 chapters of detailed and useful information for researchers, academics, public health practitioners, students, policymakers, and those who engage in any aspect of health program development or evaluation.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2000
Print ISBN
9780761916734
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781452261874
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Part I - Rationale for a Handbook of Program Development
  7. Chapter 1 - Rationale for Program Development Methods
  8. Why a Science of Health Behavior Program Development Is Important
  9. History of Behavioral Health and Program Development
  10. An Overview of Program Development
  11. Issues for Implementation
  12. General Discussion
  13. Commentary
  14. Chapter 2 - Case Study 1 Implementing Program Development in a State or Local Health Department: A Smoking Prevention Media Campaign Example
  15. Using the Chain Model
  16. Conclusions
  17. Chapter 3 - Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Empirically Based Health Behavior Program Planning
  18. Health Promotion: Promise and Undocumented Performance
  19. Barriers to Empirically Based Health Behavior Program Development
  20. Overcoming Barriers to Empirical Program Development
  21. Conclusions
  22. Commentary 1
  23. Commentary 2
  24. Part II - The Connection Between Theory and Activity Pooling
  25. Chapter 4 - Praxis in Health Behavior Program Development
  26. Definitions
  27. Levels of Theory and Levels of Measurement
  28. How Does Theory Suggest Program Ideas?
  29. Why Do Applied Professionals Provide Only Lip Service to Theory?
  30. Why Is Theory Important for Health Behavior Program Development?
  31. Criteria for Theory Development or Selection
  32. Tying Theory Into Specific Health Areas: Linking Theory With Health Problems
  33. Tying Theory Into Specific Health Areas: Measures and Activities
  34. Discussion
  35. Commentary
  36. Chapter 5 - Case Study 2 Implicit Cognition Theory in Drug Use and Driving-Under-the-Influence Interventions
  37. Principles of Memory Association Applicable to Interventions and Their Evaluation
  38. A Specific Application of Theory in Booster Programming
  39. Summary and Implications
  40. Chapter 6 - Choosing Assessment Studies to Clarify Theory-Based Program Ideas
  41. Conceptual Issues: The Importance of Etiological Research
  42. Questions of Inquiry for Designing an Assessment Study
  43. The Dimensions of an Assessment Study
  44. Pooling Multiple Sources of Information
  45. Decision Criteria When Selecting Assessment Studies for Review
  46. Conclusions
  47. Commentary
  48. Chapter 7 - Pooling Information About Prior Interventions: A New Program Planning Tool
  49. Why Pooling Information About Interventions Is Important
  50. Planning Your Search for Other Interventions
  51. Sources of Information About Other Programs
  52. Conducting Your Search
  53. Reviewing Your Pool of Information About Other Programs
  54. Conclusions: Making Your Intervention Available to Others
  55. Commentary 1
  56. Commentary 2
  57. Chapter 8 - Case Study 3 The Program Archive on Sexuality, Health, and Adolescence (PASHA): A Study of Activity Warehousing
  58. Goals of the PASHA Project
  59. Conclusions
  60. Part III - Perceived Efficacy Methods
  61. Chapter 9 - Verbal Methods in Perceived Efficacy Work
  62. Methods of Perceived Efficacy Work
  63. Summary and Conclusion
  64. Commentary
  65. Chapter 10 - Case Study 4 Use of Focus Groups for Adolescent Tobacco Use Cessation
  66. Method
  67. Focus Group Results
  68. Discussion
  69. Chapter 11 - Nonverbal Methods of Perceived Efficacy
  70. Perceived Efficacy Methods
  71. Computerized Assessment
  72. Conclusions
  73. Commentary
  74. Chapter 12 - Case Study 5 Use of a Theme Study for Adolescent Tobacco Use Cessation
  75. Method
  76. Results
  77. Discussion
  78. Part IV - Immediate-Impact Methods and Program Construction
  79. Chapter 13 - Component Studies
  80. What Are Component Studies?
  81. Types of Relations Among Components
  82. Types of Component Studies
  83. Types of General Questions Asked in Component Studies
  84. How Are Component Studies Conducted?
  85. Conclusions
  86. Commentary
  87. Chapter 14 - Case Study 6 Project EX Component Study
  88. Method
  89. Results
  90. Discussion
  91. Chapter 15 - Sequencing Issues in Health Behavior Program Development
  92. Importance of Sequencing
  93. Conceptual Approaches to Sequencing
  94. Sequencing Level 1: Environment and Life Course Development
  95. Sequencing Level 2: Sequencing Complex Program Elements
  96. Sequencing Level 3: Sequencing Within Single Points of an Intervention
  97. Conclusions
  98. Commentary
  99. Chapter 16 - Pilot Studies
  100. Methods of Pilot Studies
  101. Design Issues
  102. Evaluation Measures in Pilot Programs
  103. Discussion
  104. Commentary
  105. Chapter 17 - Case Study 7 Development and Pilot Testing of Project SMART
  106. Program Development
  107. First Phase of Pilot Testing
  108. First-Year Implementation of Project SMART
  109. Second Phase of Pilot Testing and Program Implementation
  110. Lessons Learned
  111. Conclusions
  112. Part V - Tying Immediate-Outcomes Measures to Longer-Term Outcomes and Conclusions
  113. Chapter 18 - Using Meta-Analyses to Improve the Design of Interventions
  114. Meta-Analysis
  115. Meta-Analysis and Program Development
  116. Some Examples of Meta-Analysis in Health Behavior Research and Practice
  117. Conclusion
  118. Commentary
  119. Chapter 19 - Mediator and Moderator Analysis in Program Development
  120. Developing Conceptual Frameworks
  121. Empirical Confirmation
  122. Some Health Behavior Examples
  123. Conclusion
  124. Commentary
  125. Chapter 20 - Needs for the Future of Program Development
  126. Obstacles to Maintaining an Empirical Program Development Process
  127. A Review of the Chain Model
  128. Future Research Needs
  129. Conclusions
  130. Commentary 1
  131. Commentary 2
  132. Author Index
  133. Subject Index
  134. About the Contributors

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