Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Part one: Health education and health behavior: the foundations -- The scope of health behavior and health education / The editors -- Theory, research, and practice in health behavior and health education / The editors --Part one: Health education and health behavior: the foundations -- The scope of health behavior and health education / The editors -- Theory, research, and practice in health behavior and health education / The editors --Part three: Models of interpersonal health behavior -- How individuals, environments, and health behaviors interact: social cognitive theory / Alfred L. McAlister, Cheryl L. Perry, and Guy S. Parcel -- Social networks and social support / Catherine A. Heaney and Barbara A. Israel -- Stress, coping, and health behavior / Karen Glanz and Marc D. Schwartz -- Key interpersonal functions and health outcomes: lessons from theory and research on clinician-patient communication / Richard L. Street Jr. and Ronald M. Epstein -- Perspectives on models of interpersonal health behavior / K. Viswanath --Part four: Community and group models of health behavior change / Karen Glanz -- Improving health through community organization and community building / Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein, and Nance Wilson -- Diffusion of innovations / Brian Oldenburg and Karen Glanz -- Mobilizing organizations for health promotion: theories of organizational change / Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Michelle C. Kegler, and Vincent T. Francisco -- Communication theory and health behavior change: the media studies framework / John R. Finnegan Jr. and K. Viswanath -- Perspectives on group, organization, and community interventions / Michelle C. Kegler and Karen Glanz --Part five: Using theory in research and practice -- Using the precede-proceed model to apply health behavior theories / Andrea Carson Gielen ... [et al.] -- Social marketing / J. Douglas Storey, Gary B. Saffitz, and Jose G. Rim�n -- Ecological models of health behavior / James F. Sallis, Neville Owen, and Edwin B. Fisher -- Evaluation of theory-based interventions / Russell E. Glasgow and Laura A. Linnan -- Perspectives on using theory: past, present, and future / Karen Glanz and Barbara K. Rimer