Taking Care: Understanding and Encouraging Self-Protective Behavior.

List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: studying self-protective behaviour Neil D. Weinstein Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: 1. Behavioural decision theory perspectives on protective behaviour Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff and Sarah Lichtenstein 2. Social learning theory and preventive behaviour Alfred McAlister 3. The role of emotion and psychological defense in self-protective behaviour James R. Averill 4. The diffusion of innovations perspective Everett M. Rogers 5. Cultural influences on prevention and the emergence of a new health consciousness Robert Crawford Part II. Research and Prevention Programs for Specific Hazards Section 1. Health: 6. Why people take precautions against health risks Paul D. Cleary 7. Community studies of smoking cessation Surgeon General's Report 8. Preventing adolescent smoking Kevin D. McCaul and Russell E. Glasgow Section 2. Natural Hazards: 9. Natural hazards and precautionary behaviour Dennis S. Mileti and John H. Sorensen 10. Programs that encourage the adoption of precautions against natural hazards: review and evaluation John H. Sorensen and Dennis S. Mileti Section 3. Crime: 11. Why people take precautions against crime: a review of the literature on individual and collective responses to crime Stephanie W. Greenberg 12. Promoting citizen involvement in crime prevention and control Fred Heinzelmann Section 4. Inquiry, Safety, and Occupational Settings: 13. Injury prevention: limits to self-protective behaviour Leon S. Robertson 14. Perspectives on protective behaviours and work place hazards Alexander Cohen Part III. Conclusion: 15. Cross-hazard consistencies: conclusions about self-protective behaviour Neil D. Weinstein Index.