Full Description
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 fields, environmental health sciences and human behavior sciences, identifying and systematizing current knowledge about human behaviors and habits, and addressing the challenge of environmental sustainability. The book takes the reader through a conceptual framework for environmental health behavior (EHB) as an emerging field of public and environmental health, positioning behavior change as the main challenge for the success of promoting sustainable human and planetary health. Its reading promotes insight into the environmental impacts of human demands and behavior, and, vice-versa, about the impacts 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.
Contents
1. Tragedy of the commons, again
Ricardo R. Santos
2. Did we evolve to live healthily? How natural selection shaped our body, our behavior, and the way we interact with the environment
Paulo Gama Mota
3. A different light on environmental health
Ana Virgolino, Ricardo R. Santos, and Osvaldo Santos
4. Cultural and civilizational determinants of environmental health
Filipe Duarte Santos
5. Environmental health behavior as a unifying concept for public health and planetary health
Osvaldo Santos
6. Promoting health behavior change across different environments: Universal principles of behavior modification at individual and community level
Nuno Loureiro, Adilson Marques, Celeste Simoes, Filipa Coelhoso, Susana Gaspar, Ana Virgolino, Osvaldo Santos, and Margarida Gaspar de Matos
7. Social and affective environments: The importance of family ecosystems for positive development during adolescence
Tania Gaspar, Ines Camacho, Ana Cerqueira,Fabio Botelho Guedes, Gina Tome, and Margarida Gaspar de Matos
8. The whole-school ecosystem approach for promoting health and satisfaction with life among adolescents
Gina Tome, Marta Reis, Catia Branquinho, Adriano Almeida, Lucia Ramiro, Tania Gaspar, and Margarida Gaspar de Matos
9. Impact of the natural and built environment on human health: A perspective from environmental psychology
Fatima Bernardo
10. How smart cities can promote healthy behaviors
Carla Goncalves Pereira
11. The impact of developing green and exercise-friendly spaces in deprived neighborhoods on health and healthy lifestyles: A systematic literature review
Francisco von Hafe, Judite Goncalves, and Ceu Mateus
12. Digital environments: Additional environmental layers for environmental health behavior
Osvaldo Santos
13. Environmental migration and human rights: Clues for the debate
Violeta Alarcao, Pedro Candeias, and Miodraga Stefanovska-Petkovska
14. Environmental change, mental health, and well-being
Guilherme Queiroz, Luıs Madeira, and Maria Joao Heitor
15. From diagnosis to treatment of mental disorders in a world of accelerated environmental changes
Filipa Novais, Teresa Reynolds Sousa, and Diogo Telles Correia
16. Psychology of homelessness, home, and environment
Elias Barreto
17. Challenges from patterns of human behaviors and drought: Environmental and human health risks
Coral Salvador
18. Energy poverty: Overview and illustrative case
Ana Horta and Luısa Schmidt
19. The environmental footprint of the healthcare system
Rodrigo Feteira-Santos
20. Health and environmental risk communication: Avoiding risk information avoidance and unintentional message framing effects
Azita Kloever and Rui Gaspar
