UMass Worcester PRC Publications
Title
Better population health through behavior change in adults: a call to action
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Publication Date
2013-11-05
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adult; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Health Promotion; Humans; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior
Disciplines
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | Cardiovascular Diseases | Community Health | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion
Abstract
An AHA Science Advisory recommending that physicians intervene more assertively to get patients to adopt healthier lifestyles, directly targeting smoking, obesity, poor diet, and physical inactivity.
Keywords
AHA Scientific Statements, behavior, population health, prevention
DOI of Published Version
10.1161/01.cir.0000435173.25936.e1
Source
Spring B, Ockene JK, Gidding SS, Mozaffarian D, Moore S, Rosal MC, Brown MD, Vafiadis DK, Cohen DL, Burke LE, Lloyd-Jones D; American Heart Association Behavior Change Committee of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. Better population health through behavior change in adults: a call to action. Circulation. 2013 Nov 5;128(19):2169-76. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000435173.25936.e1. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Circulation
Related Resources
PubMed ID
24100544
Repository Citation
Spring, Bonnie J.; Ockene, Judith K.; Gidding, Samuel S.; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Moore, Shirley; Rosal, Milagros C.; Brown, Michael D.; Vafiadis, Dorothea K.; Cohen, Debbie L.; Burke, Lora E.; Lloyd-Jones, Donald; and American Heart Association Behavior Change Committee of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, "Better population health through behavior change in adults: a call to action" (2013). UMass Worcester PRC Publications. 21.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/prc_pubs/21
