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Behavioral Economics and Public Health
Christina A Roberto
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Description for Behavioral Economics and Public Health
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Roberto, Christina A.; Kawachi, Ichiro. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: KCK; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Behavioral 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.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199398331
SKU
V9780199398331
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Ref
99-21
About Christina A Roberto
Christina A. Roberto, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is a psychologist and epidemiologist whose research aims to identify, understand, and alter the environmental and social forces that promote unhealthy eating behaviors linked to obesity and eating disorders. In her work, she draws upon the fields of psychology, behavioral economics, marketing, and public health to answer research questions that can provide policymakers and institutions with science-based guidance. Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he has taught since 1992. He has previously coedited Social Epidemiology, Neighborhoods and Health, Globalization and Health, and the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice, all published by Oxford University Press. Kawachi lectures about social epidemiology through the Harvard University Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform, edX. His course, Health and Society (PHx 201), is a version of the class that he has taught for twenty years at Harvard. In 2013-1014, 35,000 students from all over the world were enrolled in the MOOC course.
Reviews for Behavioral Economics and Public Health
Want to promote healthy behavior? Make sure you understand the ideas in this important book. -Peter A Ubel, Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Professor, Schools of Business, Public Policy, and Medicine, Duke University Roberto and Kawachi have put together a collection of insights that health policy professionals will need to understand to create the largest impacts moving forward. -Max H. Bazerman, Straus Professor and Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University; Author, THE POWER OF NOTICING