Bess Marcus,
LeighAnn Forsyth
2003
US Price: $35
232 pages
9780736040648
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2003
US Price: $35
232 pages
9780736040648
About the Authors | About the Editor | Table of Contents
Motivating People to Be Physically Active is a comprehensive reference describing proven methods for helping people change from inactive to active living. The behavior change methods are useful not only for healthy adults but also for individuals with chronic physical and psychological conditions. The renowned authors describe intervention programs for individuals and groups and in workplace and community settings.
This book is the first in the Physical Activity Intervention series, edited by Steven Blair. The objective of the series is to provide useful educational resources to all professionals who are interested in promoting and implementing physical activity programs to a diverse and potentially unwilling population.
In Motivating People to Be Physically Active you will learn how to
In addition to exercises and various reproducible log pages and worksheets, this book has eight sample reproducible questionnaires for evaluating the effectiveness of programs. This is an essential resource for health professionals who want to improve their effectiveness as they plan, develop, implement, and evaluate physical activity programs.
Bess H. Marcus, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Brown University Medical School. She is the director of physical activity research at the Brown University Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at the Miriam Hospital. Dr. Marcus, a clinical psychologist, has spent the past 18 years conducting research on physical activity behavior, and she has published more than 100 papers and book chapters on this topic.
She has helped create new recommendations regarding the quantity and intensity of physical activity necessary for health benefits. She also contributed to the 1996 Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. She served as an advisor on the curriculum development for Project Active and PRIME and is a coauthor of Active Living Every Day. Dr. Marcus is recognized internationally for her outstanding research in helping people to become more physically active and has spoken on this topic worldwide.
Dr. Marcus makes time to be physically active on most days of the week. She enjoys cycling, swimming, and walking with her husband, children, and friends.
LeighAnn Forsyth, PhD, is a psychology professor at Cleveland State University, where she conducts research on physical activity adoption. She has a private practice specializing in eating and weight management. Dr. Forsyth completed a clinical internship and two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Brown University Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at the Miriam Hospital. She also participated in several research programs applying the stages of motivational readiness to promote physical activity adoption.
Steven N. Blair, PED, is the director of research at The Cooper Institute. Dr. Blair was the senior scientific editor of the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health in 1996 and received the Surgeon General's Medallion for his work. He is one of very few people outside the U.S. Public Health Service to receive this award.
He has served as the president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity. Dr. Blair has two honorary doctorates, a 1994 doctor honoris causa from the Free University of Brussels and a 1996 doctor of health science from Lander University.
A reference for health and fitness professionals, health promotion professionals, exercise physiologists, health care professionals, physical educators, and physical activity researchers.