Health behavior change and treatment adherence : evidence-based guidelines for improving healthcare /

Each year, in more than a billion US medical visits, health professionals offer disease prevention & treatment recommendations, but close to half of these are not followed. This book provides the latest theory driven & evidence-based recommendations for addressing persistent barriers to trea...

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Main Authors: Martin, Leslie R. (Author), DiMatteo, M. Robin (Author), Haskard-Zolnierek, Kelly B., 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Each year, in more than a billion US medical visits, health professionals offer disease prevention & treatment recommendations, but close to half of these are not followed. This book provides the latest theory driven & evidence-based recommendations for addressing persistent barriers to treatment adherence within a social-ecological framework. Written for a wide variety of practitioners, the numerous cases & clinical examples illustrate important practice principles. Each chapter includes tools for instruction & self-study, making it an ideal text for clinical health-science courses. With a strong evidence base and a readable style, this book is for practitioners and students in medicine, public health, nursing, health education, health coaching, allied health, dentistry, clinical and health psychology, counselling, and social work.
Item Description:Leslie R. Martin's name appears first in the previous edition.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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