Psychosocial and Environmental Factors of Multiple Health Behavior Change
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 18476
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health psychology; behavioral sciences; health promotion; sport sciences
Interests: health behaviors; health psychology; health promotion; sport sciences
Interests: health behaviors; medical and health sciences; applied physiology; exercise and immune function; hormonal control and exercise applied physiology; exercise biochemistry; cardiovascular disease; obesity and related co-morbidities; biomechanics
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Dear Colleagues,
Health behaviors, such as physical activity, healthy diet, and the absence of smoking and alcohol in one’s lifestyle, have been demonstrated to have crucial impacts on our health. The promotion of health-protective behaviors and the prevention of health-compromising behaviors has become imperative in the contemporary health science domain. Over the past few decades, health researchers and practitioners have dedicated considerable efforts to the promotion of health behaviors, although most of the research and practice has only focused on a specific health behavior and addressed different behaviors as categorically separate entities. In fact, diverse health behaviors are closely interrelated and mutually affect our health in the real world. In the past decade, research on multiple health behavior change (MHBC) has raised increasing concerns, and interventions regarding MHBC have shown great potential in maximizing overall health outcomes.
To gain a better understanding of MHBC and promote effective MHBC health programs, in this Special Issue, we aim to collect the latest developments in MHBC research, including the psychosocial and environmental determinants of MHBC, effective MHBC intervention and health promotion programs, impacts of MHBC on diverse health-related outcomes, and the implementation and dissemination of MHBC efforts among different populations. Review articles, original research including observational studies, experimental studies, and clinical trials, commentaries and editorial letters are all welcomed.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Correlates of multiple health behavior change (MHBC) and healthy lifestyles;
- Interventions regarding MHBC and healthy lifestyles (including study protocol);
- The application and validation of theoretical models of MHBC;
- Impacts of MHBC on diverse health outcomes;
- The implementation and dissemination of MHBC efforts;
- Policymaking and community campaigns promoting MHBC and healthy lifestyles.
We are looking forward to your active submission!
Dr. Wei Liang
Dr. Borui Shang
Prof. Dr. Julien S. Baker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multiple health behavior change
- health behaviors
- psychosocial and environmental factors
- healthy lifestyle
- intervention
- health promotion
- observational study
- experimental study
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