Taking Care : Understanding and Encouraging Self-Protective Behavior (Paperback)

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: studying self-protective behaviour Neil D. Weinstein; Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: 1. Behavioural decision theory perspectives on protective behaviour Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff and Sarah Lichtenstein; 2. Social learning theory and preventive behaviour Alfred McAlister; 3. The role of emotion and psychological defense in self-protective behaviour James R. Averill; 4. The diffusion of innovations perspective Everett M. Rogers; 5. Cultural influences on prevention and the emergence of a new health consciousness Robert Crawford; Part II. Research and Prevention Programs for Specific Hazards; Section 1. Health: 6. Why people take precautions against health risks Paul D. Cleary; 7. Community studies of smoking cessation Surgeon General's Report; 8. Preventing adolescent smoking Kevin D. McCaul and Russell E. Glasgow; Section 2. Natural Hazards: 9. Natural hazards and precautionary behaviour Dennis S. Mileti and John H. Sorensen; 10. Programs that encourage the adoption of precautions against natural hazards: review and evaluation John H. Sorensen and Dennis S. Mileti; Section 3. Crime: 11. Why people take precautions against crime: a review of the literature on individual and collective responses to crime Stephanie W. Greenberg; 12. Promoting citizen involvement in crime prevention and control Fred Heinzelmann; Section 4. Inquiry, Safety, and Occupational Settings: 13. Injury prevention: limits to self-protective behaviour Leon S. Robertson; 14. Perspectives on protective behaviours and work place hazards Alexander Cohen; Part III. Conclusion: 15. Cross-hazard consistencies: conclusions about self-protective behaviour Neil D. Weinstein; Index.