Motivating change in health behavior. Implications for health promotion and disease prevention.
Motivational approaches that build on the concepts of risk and harm reduction are new developments in the application of behavioral sciences to health promotion and disease prevention. This article develops a generic approach for helping practitioners motivate patients to change unhealthy behaviors.
Botelho
R J
RJ
Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, New York 14620, USA.
Skinner
H
H
D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009042:Motivation; D017008:Negotiating; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011582:Psychological Theory