Chapter 22 – Applied Behavior Analysis for Health and Fitness
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Psychology
Book Title
Clinical and Organizational Applications of Applied Behavior Analysis
Editor(s)
Henry Roane, Joel E. Ringdahl and Terry Falcomata
Description
Health promotion is among the foremost concerns of modern society. As with many problems of considerable social significance, most health problems are caused by what people do and what people do not do. People eat too much, exercise too little, and visit healthcare providers too infrequently, among many other things. Understanding and solving these problems is a task for the behavioral sciences, and applied behavior analysts have been addressing problems related to health and fitness since the earliest days of the field. The primary focus of this chapter is on applied behavior analysis research related to health promotion through diet, exercise, and medication adherence, as addressing these issues would significantly improve health across many populations. Health promotion is a problem that applied behavior analysts continue to address, but we still have considerable work to do.
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ISBN
978-0124202498
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-420249-8.00022-8
Publication Date
June 2015
Publisher
Academic Press/Elsevier
City
Cambridge, MA
First Page
555
Last Page
582
Keywords
health, fitness, exercise, exergaming, contingency management, medication adherence, functional analysis
Disciplines
Clinical Psychology | Gerontology | Medicine and Health Sciences
Recommended Citation
Normand, M. P.,
Dallery, J.,
&
Ong, T.
(2015).
Chapter 22 – Applied Behavior Analysis for Health and Fitness.
In Henry Roane, Joel E. Ringdahl and Terry Falcomata (Eds.), Clinical and Organizational Applications of Applied Behavior Analysis (555–582). Cambridge, MA: Academic Press/Elsevier
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facbooks/126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-420249-8.00022-8
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