{"product_id":"handbook-of-research-methods-in-neil-schneiderman-9781489909084","title":"Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine","description":"Cardiovascular disease continues to be the number ioral medicine\" was developed and shaped into the one source of morbidity and mortality in our coun- following definition: try. Despite a 35% reduction since 1964, these Behavioral medicine is the interdisciplinary field con- diseases, particularly coronary heart disease cerned with the development and integration of behav- (CHD), claim nearly 1,000,000 lives each year in ioral and biomedical science knowledge and techniques the United States (Havlik \u0026amp; Feinleib, 1979). relevant to the understanding of health and illness and The Framingham study, among others, has iden- the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. tified three major risk factors implicated in the de- (Schwartz \u0026amp; Weiss, 1978) velopment of CHD: smoking, elevated serum cho- lesterol, and high blood pressure (Castelli et at., This concept of \"biobehavioral\" collaboration 1986). Given that these factors account for less challenged scientists and clinicians of many disci- than 50% of the variance associated with CHD plines to consider how they might more effectively (Jenkins, 1976), it has become obvious that addi- develop diagnostic, treatment, and prevention tional risk factors must be identified if further pro- strategies by merging their perspectives to address gress is to be made in disease prevention and simultaneously, among others, behavioral, psy- control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Schneiderman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1489909087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781489909084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.69h x 8.27w x 1.47d","brand":"Neil Schneiderman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213196554495,"sku":"9781489909084","price":329.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c6fe226-7643-4c6b-8755-b709a91181c6.jpg?v=1692112585","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/handbook-of-research-methods-in-neil-schneiderman-9781489909084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}