Table of Contents

Contents: Part I:Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Behavioral Medicine.K. Orth-Gomér, Concepts and Theories of Prevention: Reasons for Soliciting Behavioral Medicine Knowledge. S.M. Weiss, Principles of Behavioral Medicine: Implications for Prevention. Part II:Behavioral Epidemiology and Public Health in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.M. Marmot, A. Feeney, Socioeconomic Factors in CHD Prevention. S.L. Syme, Social Class and Cardiovascular Disease. L.F. Berkman, K. Orth-Gomér, Prevention of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality. Role of Social Relations. T. Theorell, The Demand-Control-Support Model for Studying Health in Relation to the Work Environment: An Interactive Model. J. Siegrist, Stressful Work, Self-Experience and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Part III:Biobehavioral and Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.N. Schneiderman, J.S. Skyler, Insulin Metabolism, Sympathetic Nervous System Regulation, and Coronary Heart Disease Prevention. A. Steptoe, Psychophysiological Processes in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. A. Appels, Personality Factors and Coronary Heart Disease. R.B. Williams, Coronary-Prone Behaviors, Hostility and Cardiovascular Health: Implications for Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions. M.A. Chesney, New Behavioral Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: Implications for Intervention. Part IV:Behavioral Intervention Models in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.G. Kok, H.J. Hospers, D-J. den Boer, H. de Vries, Health Education at the Individual Level. B. Oldenburg, P. Graham-Clarke, J. Shaw, S. Walker, Modification of Health Behavior and Lifestyle Mediated by Physicians. G. Burell, Behavioral Medicine Interventions in Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. P. Puska, Community Interventions in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. M. O'Connor, Healthy Public Policy: Getting Governments Onside. Part V:Summary and Conclusions.N. Schneiderman, K. Orth-Gomér, Blending Traditions: A Concluding Perspective on Behavioral Medicine Approaches to Coronary Heart Disease Prevention.

About the Author

Kristina Orth-Gomer, Neil Schneiderman

Reviews

"This is a highly recommended book for those who are interested in behavior and cardiovascular disease. It provides the kind of concrete examples needed to stimulate work in the area of disease prevention while providing a framework that firmly ties prevention to our knowledge of behavioral risk factors in cardiovascular disease."
—Contemporary Psychology"Overall, the volume is a credit to the editors and the various authors. They all show their expertise in many ways --sometimes just the excellent selection of a few things to comment on, somtimes a very personal style. There is really something for nearly everybody starting from the novice to the level of an expert, from the social scientist to the physiologist. Reading it is fun and challenging, too.
—Journal of Health Psychology