Published by Blackwell in association with the British Psychological Society, Health Psychology in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the UK professional Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology.

• An essential text for professional training in health psychology, both for trainees and teachers and supervisors contributing to health psychology courses.
  
• Published in association with the British Psychological Society.
  
• Covers the core competencies necessary for qualification as a health psychologist.
  
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The identification of the factors predicting health behaviour has become a major focus of research in the field of health psychology and related disciplines. This awareness not only increases our understanding but also provides important targets for interventions to change health behaviour. Understanding and Changing Health Behaviour focuses on a range of key social cognitive factors in this process, using examples from an impressive breadth of applied settings that include smoking cessation, condom use and breast examination. The book features contributions from some of the best...

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The book outlines the steps a writer needs to go through in creating successful materials....