| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology |
| Editors | George Ritzer |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781405165518 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Abstract
Health risk behavior involves actions and related attitudes and perceptions that contribute to people's propensity to engage in, or avoid, activities that have been deemed by experts to be hazardous or dangerous to their health. Considerable research in public health and medicine has been devoted to identifying health risks and the behaviors associated with these risks in the attempt to assist people to avoid them
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LUPTON, D. (2015). Health risk behavior. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (pp. 1-2). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosh016.pub2