The Psychology of Preventive Health

Should I vaccinate my child? Can we stop ourselves getting cancer? How much can I safely drink? These are the everyday questions that health educators and promoters face from the public, but how should they best be answered? From her extensive experience in health psychology Marian Pitts provides an overview of the latest research in the area of preventive health and questions some underlying assumptions in current practice. The Psychology of Preventive Health is written for students and health professionals interested in widening their perspectives on issues concerning primary health care.Pitts, Marian is the author of 'The Psychology of Preventive Health', published 1996 under ISBN 9780415106825 and ISBN 0415106826.