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Author: Warren K. Bickel
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2000-02
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 1135683298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith contributions from experts in experimental and clinical psychology & economics, this book examines the latest behavioral economic research on smoking, drug & alchohol abuse, obesity, gambling,etc. Ideal for psychologists, economists,& policy makers
Author: Yaniv Hanoch
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781138638204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important book provides the first overview of the role that behavioural economics can play in tackling the most pernicious health issues we face today. Each chapter discusses the core theoretical concepts while synthesizing what research has shown us so far. Covering a range of key topics, from the prevention of HIV and the promotion of exercise to the cessation of smoking and adherence to medication in chronic conditions, it is the first collection to consolidate how this dynamic field can inform our health-related behaviours. It will be essential reading for students and researchers in psychology and economics, as well as policy makers and practitioners working in public health.
Author: Warren K. Bickel
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2000-02-01
Total Pages: 756
ISBN-13: 113568328X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBehavioral economics is a rapidly developing area of psychological science that has synergistically merged microeconomic concepts with behavioral research methods. A driving force behind the growth of behavioral economics has been its recent application to behaviors that significantly affect health. The book examines the latest behavioral economic research on smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, obesity, gambling, and other poor health habits, and explores the implications for individual and community interventions and policy directions. This innovative book describes new concepts and methods developed in behavioral economics and applies them to understanding health behavior change. The richness of behavioral economic concepts provides novel methods and measures that lend to an understanding of health behavior that is different from previous work in the field. Featuring contributions from experimental and clinical psychologists and economists, this book will be of interest to a broad range of students and professionals concerned with health behavior, including researchers, clinicians, and policymakers, as well as psychologists, educators, and all those who work with people who are currently attempting to make positive health and lifestyle changes.
Author: Christina A. Roberto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0199398488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBehavioral economics has potential to offer novel solutions to some of today's most pressing public health problems: How do we persuade people to eat healthy and lose weight? How can health professionals communicate health risks in a way that is heeded? How can food labeling be modified to inform healthy food choices? Behavioral Economics and Public Health is the first book to apply the groundbreaking insights of behavioral economics to the persisting problems of health behaviors and behavior change. In addition to providing a primer on the behavioral economics principles that are most relevant to public health, this book offers details on how these principles can be employed to mitigating the world's greatest health threats, including obesity, smoking, risky sexual behavior, and excessive drinking. With contributions from an international team of scholars from psychology, economics, marketing, public health, and medicine, this book is a trailblazing new approach to the most difficult and important problems of our time.
Author: Andrew Prestwich
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-16
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1315527197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe live in an era where people live longer but also suffer from more chronic illnesses. Yet these two issues present not only significant challenges to healthcare professionals, but also governments seeking cost-effective ways to manage their health and social care budgets. Encouraging people to live healthier lifestyles is, therefore, a fundamental issue for both those at risk as well as for society as a whole. This is the first textbook to present not only the theoretical foundations that explain health behavior change but also the methods by which change can be assessed and the practical contexts where theory and method can be applied. Covering behavior change aimed at improving health as well as preventing disease, it places behavior change firmly in context with the social and demographic changes which make it such an urgent issue, from the rise in levels of obesity to an aging population. The book considers the role of individuals but also other important influences on health behavior, such as the environment in which people live, public policy and technological changes. Fostering a critical perspective, and including case studies in each chapter with key issues highlighted throughout, the book provides a complete understanding of health behavior change, from its theoretical building blocks to the practical challenges of developing and testing an intervention. It will be essential reading for students and researchers of health psychology, public health and social work, as well as any professional working in this important area.
Author: Mohamed Buheji
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2020-01-24
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 172839807X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBehavioural Economics (BE) explains the problem, or the socio-economic issue from the human behaviour perspective. Inspiration economy and gamification are other concepts coming up that join BE in bringing in new solutions to any contemporary and future foresight challenge. All these three concepts depend on field tests that engage the providers and the beneficiaries in a common goal. Through the approaches of these three concepts, we can shape the current and future expected Quality of Life (QoL) challenges. In this book Dr Buheji and Dr Ahmed shows what is the best techniques and labs that could be used to motivate all the QoL stakeholders toward a better decision. One of the main outcomes of this work is that it sets a better awareness about new radical approaches that could be used for eliminating the widening communities’ disparities which could be seen clearly in the rising levels of the different life inequalities today and even more expected in the future. The reader hopefully would see that BE started to lead the new economic influence in shaping the QoL in ways never experienced before. The other two coming socio-economic driven concepts: Inspiration Economy and Gamification are also planning a new profound role in shaping further different QoL issues. The book is a good reference for practitioners, researchers and decision-makers concerned about the challenges of QoL, besides those working to raise the capacity of their community for a more accurate ‘Future Foresight’.
Author: Gary Belsky
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0684844931
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal why people spend, invest, save, borrow, and, most important, waste money. They provide fascinating insights into all manner of occurrencestipping, gambling, plane crashes, lotteries, and game shows, to name just a few - to explain behavioral economics in a way that is as entertaining as it is informative. Best of all, they offer dozens of useful tips that will help us overcome the blind spots that cloud our financial judgment and will allow us to enjoy greater financial freedom."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nick Heather
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2003-11-13
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 0080501109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChoice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction is about the theory, data, and applied implications of choice-based models of substance use and addiction. The distinction between substance use and addiction is important, because many individuals use substances but are not also addicted to them. The behavioural economic perspective has made contributions to the analysis of both of these phenomena and, while the major focus of the book is on theories of addiction, it is necessary also to consider the behavioural economic account of substance use in order to place the theories in their proper context and provide full coverage of the contribution of behavioural economics to this field of study. The book discusses the four major theories of addiction that have been developed in the area of economic science/behavioural economics. They are: • hyperbolic discounting • melioration • relative addiction • rational addiction The main objective of the book is to popularise these ideas among addiction researchers, academics and practitioners. The specific aims are to articulate the shared and distinctive elements of these four theories, to present and discuss the latest empirical work on substance abuse and addiction that is being conducted in this area, and to articulate a range of applied implications of this body of work for clinical, public health and public policy initiatives. The book is based on an invitation-only conference entitled, Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction: Theory, Evidence and Applications held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, March 30 - April 1, 2001. The conference was attended by prominent scientists and scholars, representing a range of disciplines concerned with theories of addiction and their consequences for policy and practice. The papers in the book are based on the papers given at the above conference, together with commentaries by distinguished experts and, in many cases, replies to these comments by the presenters.
Author: I. Glenn Cohen
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2016-12
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1421421011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZamzow, Richard J. Zeckhauser--Jon S. Vernick, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, coeditor of Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis "Springer Journal"
