The Oxford Handbook of Health Communication, Behavior Change, and Treatment Adherence

Occupational Medicine I found it an easy read. It can be dipped into and out of without difficulty and I found it enjoyable and educational as there are messages relevant to occupational health practice in each of the chapters.

Leslie R. Martin, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at La Sierra University; she is also a research psychologist at the University of California, Riverside. M. Robin DiMatteo, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside.

1. FROM COMMUNICATION TO HEALTHY BEHAVIOR AND ADHERENCE ; LESLIE R. MARTIN AND M. ROBIN DIMATTEO ; PART ONE: THE THREE-FACTOR MODEL ; 2. BARRIERS AND KEYS TO TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE ; LESLIE R. MARTIN ; PART TWO: INFORMATION ; 3. HEALTH LITERACY AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN MEDICAL SETTINGS ; DEBRA B. KELLER, URMIMALA SARKAR, AND DEAN SCHILLINGER ; 4. THE ROLE OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN MEDICAL INTERACTIONS: EMPIRICAL RESULTS, THEORETICAL BASES, AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES ; MARIANNE SCHMID MAST AND GAETAN COUSIN ; 5. THE ART OF MEDICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE ; CLAUDE RICHARD AND MARIE-THERESE LUSSIER ; 6. PARTNERING WITH AND INVOLVING PATIENTS ; REBEKAH C. LAIDSAAR-POWELL, STELLA BU, AND KIRSTEN J. MCCAFFERY ; 7. TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS ; MARCY E. ROSENBAUM AND JONATHAN D. SILVERMAN ; 8. BEYOND THE DYAD: COMMUNICATION IN TRIADIC (AND MORE) MEDICAL ENCOUNTERS ; MICHELE G. GREENE AND RONALD D. ADELMAN ; 9. SYSTEMWIDE COMMUNICATION ; ENRICO COIERA AND MEI-SING ONG ; PART THREE: MOTIVATION ; 10. HEALTH BELIEFS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES ; JOHN N. HARVEY ; 11. PERCEIVED RISK AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HEALTH-RELATED DECISIONS AND BEHAVIOR ; ERIKA A. WATERS, AMY MCQUEEN, AND LINDA D. CAMERON ; 12. READINESS TO CHANGE AND THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL AS APPLIED TO ADDICTIVE DISORDERS: A BALANCED APPRAISAL ; NICK HEATHER AND JOHANNES HONEKOPP ; 13. PERSUASION AND MOTIVATION ; JERRY SULS AND KATHRYN BRUCHMANN ; 14. THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN PROMOTING EFFECTIVE CLINICAL COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE ; SARAH J. FLYNN, LISA A. COOPER, AND TIFFANY L. GARY-WEBB ; 15. COMMITMENT TO CHANGE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGES ; KRISTIN P. BEALS AND JANELLA M. GODOY ; PART FOUR: STRATEGY ; 16. SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR ; MARY P. GALLANT ; 17. NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING ADHERENCE ; JULIET B. BENI ; 18. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIERS TO ADHERENCE AND HEALTHY BEHAVIOR ; LESLIE R. MARTIN ; 19. TEAM-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING HEALTH BEHAVIOR ; CHRISTOPHER NEMETH ; 20. THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE MEASUREMENT FOR FOSTERING CHANGE ; M. ROBIN DIMATTEO, TRICIA A. MILLER, AND LESLIE R. MARTIN ; PART FIVE: LIFE SPAN AND CO-MORBIDITY ISSUES ; 21. PEDIATRIC ADHERENCE AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE ; DENNIS DROTAR AND JENNIFER M. ROHAN ; 22. ISSUES IN ADOLESCENT ADHERENCE AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE ; JAN L. WALLANDER, CHRIS FRADKIN, AND SARAH M. SCOTT ; 23. ISSUES IN AGING, ADHERENCE, AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE ; MARIE C. BRADLEY AND CARMEL M. HUGHES ; 24. ADHERENCE AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN THE CONTEXT OF MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ; KELLY B. HASKARD-ZOLNIEREK AND SUMMER L. WILLIAMS ; 25. MANAGING COMPLEX REGIMENS: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF FAMILY MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC DIABETES ; TIM WYSOCKI ; 26. HEALTH COMMUNICATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR REFORM AND PUBLIC POLICY ; LESLIE R. MARTIN AND M. ROBIN DIMATTEO