Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (Fourth Edition) provides an accessible but comprehensive and in-depth analysis of health behavior theories relevant to health education. It includes the most current information on theory, research, and practice at individual, interpersonal, and community/group levels. As the field's leader for the education and training of public health professionals and students, this editionincludes substantial new content on current and emerging theories of health communication, e-health, culturally diverse communities, health promotion, the impact of stress, the importance of networks and community, social marketing, and evaluation. PART ONE. Health Education and Health Behavior: The Foundations   1. The Scope of Health Behavior and Health Education         The Editors   2. Theory, Research, and Practice in Health Behavior and Education      The Editors PART TWO. Models of Individual Health Behavior      3. The Health Belief Model        Nancy K. Janz, et al. 4. The Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Planned Behavior       Daniel E. Montaño and Danuta Kasprzyk 5. The Transtheoretical Model and Stages of Change      James O. Prochaska, et al. 6. The Precaution Adoption Process Model         Neil D. Weinstein 7. Perspectives on Intrapersonal Theories of Health Behavior      Barbara K. Rimer and Noel Brewer    PART THREE. Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior       8. How Individuals, Environments, and Health Behavior Interact:    Social Cognitive Theory       Tom Baranowski, Cheryl L. Perry, and Guy S. Parcel 9. Social Networks and Social Support       Catherine A. Heaney and Barbara A. Israel 10. Stress, Coping, and Health Behavior        Karen Glanz and Caryn Lerman 11. Health Communication in Interpersonal Contexts  Don Cegala 12. Perspectives on Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior      K. Vish Viswanath PART FOUR. Community and Group Models of Health Behavior Change          13. Improving Health Through Community Organization and Community Building          Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein 14. Diffusion of Innovations         Brian Oldenburg and Guy S. Parcel 15. Mobilizing Organizations for Health Enhancement:   Theories of Organizational Change          Allan Steckler et al 16. Communication Theory, Mass Media, and Health Behavior Change  John R. Finnegan, Jr. and K. Viswanath 17. Perspectives on Group, Organization, and Community Interventions       Karen Glanz and Michelle Kegler PART FIVE. Using Theory in Research and Practice     18. Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED Planning Model to Apply Health Behavior Theories   Andrea Carlson Gielen and Eileen M. McDonald 19. Social Marketing      Doug Storey 20. Ecological Models      James F. Sallis and Neville Owen 21. Evaluation of Theory-Based Interventions   Russell E. Glasgow 22. Perspectives on Using Theory: Past, Present, and Future    Editors