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Much of health promotion is premised on the notion that health-related behaviours are under individual control, and strongly influenced by intra-psychic factors, including knowledge and attitudes. The emphasis placed on such factors has led to a neglect of the social and material context in which the individual is situated. This paper describes a number of psychological theories which have influenced health promotion, and suggests ways in which a wider set of psychological theories and methods, which take into account social and material factors, may more usefully inform health promotion initiatives.
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Bennett, P., Murphy, S. & Carroll, D. Paper one: Social cognition models as a framework for health promotion: Necessary, but not sufficient. Health Care Anal 3, 15–22 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197189
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