Health Behaviour Research and Health Promotion.

Abstract

Part 1 The development of concepts and research in health behaviour: historical origins of health behaviour, David Armstrong the development of the concept of health behaviour and its application in recent research, Robert Anderson. Part 2 Approaches to the study of health behaviour: ethnographic approaches to health, Una Maclean what social groups think they can do about health, Janine Pierret the role of socio-structural factors in health behaviour, Horst Noack risk factors investigation of health behaviour - Hungarian experiences, Mihaly Kokeny et al. Part 3 National surveys of health behaviour: methodological issues in the study of health-related behaviour, Kathryn Dean health-behaviour measurement in the evaluation of community based health-promotion programmes, Don Nutbeam the behavioural risk factor surveys in the United States 1981-1983, Gary Hogelin national surveys of health behaviour in Finland, Esko Kalimo. Part 4 Research on health behaviour in local environments: health beliefs and behaviour in the home, Roisin Pill the evolution of the juvenile health habit study 1977-1985, Matti Rimpela et al health beliefs and behaviour in the workplace, Lamberto Briziarelli health promotion and the concept of community, John Ashton. Part 5 The application of research in health behaviour: the autonomous region of Madrid, Rose Martinez and Armando Perruga Urrea the Canadian experience, Irving Rootman national health education programmes, John K.Davies. Part 6 Discussion papers on a new agenda for research in health behaviour: new perspectives for research in health behaviour, Ilona Kickbusch the need for new social policy perspectives in health-behaviour research, Pierpaolo Donati directions for research in health behaviour related to health promotion - an overview, David V.McQueen a note on research priorities from participants in the Symposium on Health Behaviour, Pitlochry.