Environmental Health Behavior: Concept, Determinants, Impacts, and Research Methods

The unique biological capacities of humankind enabled the emergence of organized societies and sophisticated and globalized cultures. The progressive and universal recognition of science and technology as bulwarks of our species' survival, longevity, and quality of life made individual and organizational behaviors the main drivers of current (and future) human and planetary health standards.

Environmental Health Behavior: Concepts, Determinants, and Impacts integrates two different but intertwined science fields: environmental health and human behavior, identifying and systematizing current knowledge about human behaviors and habits and addressing the challenge of environmental sustainability. The book takes the readers through a conceptual framework for environmental health behavior (EHB) and how an EHB approach conceptualizes behaviors that affect human health and the health/sustainability of natural environments. The book promotes insight into the environmental impacts of human demands and behavior, and about the impact of the environment on human behavior change. Moreover, different evidence-based strategies to promote EHB change are identified as practical tools for stakeholders involved in the challenge of promoting intergenerational well-being in balanced and sustainable human-produced and natural systems.

• Provides easily accessible integrated data supported by practical and illustrative examples of environmental health behaviors
• Offers a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to EHB by experts from different fields – health sciences, environmental
sciences, psychology, sociology, among others
• Delivers information on how to promote EHB change in different settings