Erschienen in:
25.04.2016 | Editorial
Getting from Intention to Action
verfasst von:
Richard L. Kravitz, Anna Reisman
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 7/2016
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Excerpt
Many of the most pressing problems in human health are not a direct result of genetic error or environmental insult, but rather human behavior. We know quite a bit about how to be healthy: eat less, exercise more, don’t smoke, and seek high-quality medical care when you need it. Judging by the prevalence of obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, and inappropriate and/or poorly delivered care, this is apparently easier said than done. The problem of health-related behavior (which includes the behavior of health professionals as well as patients) is, in large measure, a matter of motivation. We have good intentions aplenty. What we need is action. …