Publication details
Chování a zdraví IV : Možnosti ovlivnění chování ve vztahu ke zdraví
| Title in English | Behaviour and health IV : Influencing health behavioural change |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Hygiena |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | chronic non-communicable diseases; prevention; lifestyle; behaviour; behavioural intervention |
| Description | Chronic non-infectious diseases are a major health problem in the developed countries. Lifestyle plays an important role in their complex aetiology. Affecting the behaviour forming the lifestyle therefore has a strong preventive potential. Cognitive theories and behavioural models illustrate psychological factors participating in the behavioural change and enable to create effective preventive strategies that are consistent with the bio-psycho-social concept of health and disease. Behavioural interventions are used in both primary and secondary prevention, have effects on the individual and population levels, enhance the quality of life and reduce healthcare costs. Health behaviour and ways of affecting this behaviour are age specific. |