How the Department of Health Influences healthy living: The use of behaviour change programmes in public health

Lila Rabinovich ; Claire Celia ; Philipp-Bastian Brutscher ; Annalijn Conklin

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Health Behaviors;    Nutrition;    Public Sector Governance;    Health and Wellness Promotion;    Community Health;    Health and Health Care;   

RP-ID  :  TR-780-NAO

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Initiatives aimed at influencing the behaviour of citizens to improve individual and societal outcomes have been systematically used by governments (as well as by non-governmental bodies) for decades in many fields including transport, education, crime and health. Such initiatives are very prominent in the public health field, where they typically focus on aspects of people's lifestyles which can lead to adverse health outcomes, such as hazardous alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, drug use, bad diet, lack of physical exercise, and risky sexual behaviour.