Kaplan Robert M
Editor-in-Chief, Health Psychology. Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman Professor. Chair, Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles.
Mens Sana Monogr. 2009 Jan;7(1):3-9. doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.43584.
Human behaviour plays a significant role in most of the leading causes of death. Psychological science has the potential to enhance health outcomes through a better understanding of health promoting and health damaging behaviours. Health psychology and the related field of behavioural medicine focus on the interplay among biological dispositions, behaviour, and social context. The field might advance by building better collaboration with other fields of medicine, sharing expertise on technical aspects of psychometric outcomes assessment, identifying behavioural interventions to reduce health disparities, and creating an infrastructure that fosters multidisciplinary research.
人类行为在大多数主要死因中起着重要作用。通过更好地理解促进健康和损害健康的行为,心理科学有潜力改善健康状况。健康心理学及相关的行为医学领域关注生物倾向、行为和社会环境之间的相互作用。该领域可以通过与其他医学领域建立更好的合作、分享心理测量结果评估技术方面的专业知识、确定减少健康差距的行为干预措施以及创建促进多学科研究的基础设施来取得进展。