Includes index. Hanoch, Y., Barnes, A. J., & Rice, T. (Eds.). (2017). Behavioral economics and healthy behaviors: key concepts and current research. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Part I: Background material -- Introduction -- A brief overview of behavioral economics -- Part II: Shaping health behaviors -- The behavioral economics of tobacco products: innovations in laboratory methods to inform regulatory science -- Understanding alcohol and other drug drug use via behavioral economics review and clinical applications -- Behavioral economics: tools for promotion of physical activity -- Using behavioral economics to improve dietary intake: alternatives to regulation, bans, and taxation -- Part III: Detecting and managing disease -- Improving medication adherence with behavioral economics -- Integrating principles from behavioral economics into patient navigation programs targeting cancer screening -- Behavioral economics and HIV: a review of existing studies and potential future research areas -- Behavioral economics and health behaviors among the poor: findings from developing country populations -- Part IV: The role of providers, insurers, and government -- Applications of behavioral economics to clinical quality improvement -- Using behavioral economics to improve people's decisions about purchasing health insurance -- The role of government: how behavioral economics can inform policies to improve health behaviors

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