WE KNOW WHAT TO DO TO BE HEALTHY....
WHY DON’T WE DO IT?
Barriers To & Strategies For Health Behavior Change
Years of intensive health education and sophisticated behavioral
intervention
have not succeeded in helping many Americans to permanently change
their
health behaviors. Millions continue to smoke, the population
continues
to get heavier and most people do not participate in even the minimally
recommended amounts of physical activity. The question of why
health
behaviors are so resistant to permanent change is a critical one for
health
promotion, as well as for the physical, mental and financial health of
the country. This workshop examines the complex interaction of
personal,
social, and cultural factors that creates powerful barriers to
permanent
health behavior change. As a potential solution to the limited
success
of current interventions, an alternative health promotion approach that
focuses on balance, pleasure, compassion and internal trust will be
introduced.
Facilitator:
Jonathan Robison, Ph.D., MS
Assistant Professor
Michigan
State University
Phone: (517) 507-0287
Fax: (517) 507-0265
e-mail: robisonj@msu.edu
www.jonrobison.net