MOTIVATING CHANGE IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR - IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION

Authors
BOTELHO RJ SKINNER H
Citation
Rj. Botelho et H. Skinner, MOTIVATING CHANGE IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR - IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION, Primary care, 22(4), 1995, pp. 565
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Primary care → ACNP
ISSN journal
00954543
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-4543(1995)22:4<565:MCIHB->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Motivational approaches that build on the concepts of risk and harm re duction are new developments in the application of behavioral sciences to health promotion and disease prevention. This article develops a g eneric approach for helping practitioners motivate patients to change unhealthy behaviors.