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Health Behavior pp 3-17 | Cite as
Health Behavior
Plural Perspectives
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Abstract
What “health behavior” means, and how it is treated in this book, are
the basic topics of the first part of this chapter, which begins with a
working definition of health behavior, discusses some related terms,
and provides a definition of “health behavior research.” The chapter
continues with a discussion of conceptions of health, illness, and
disease, and concludes by identifying some research issues that relate
to these conceptions.
Keywords
Health Behavior Behavioral Health Behavioral Medicine Illness
Behavior Sociocultural Perspective
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