Health Behavior Change and Treatment Adherence: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Improving Healthcare Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780195380408 ISBN-10: 0195380401 Copyright: 2010 Edition: 1st Authors: Martin, Leslie R., Haskard-Zolnierek, Kelly B., DiMatteo, M. Robin, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 96 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Linda Shanta,  PhD, MSN, BS  (Walden University) Description This important book gathers an enormous volume of research into behavior change and provides an evidence-based foundation for the guidance that it gives to healthcare providers. Purpose The purpose is to detangle the complexity involved in changing and maintaining health behaviors. This work provides essential assistance for healthcare providers, structured by research and illustrated through clear case studies. Audience The authors state that the book is designed for various healthcare professionals, as well as lay readers. However, the level at which the information is presented would require more than a foundational understanding of psychology, sociology, statistics, and healthcare for readers to use it for behavior change. Features Topics are presented in a logical manner, beginning with the theory of human behavior and progressing to motivational methods. The authors then discuss the educational basis for presenting information to clients and how to assist them to make important changes given family and cultural influences. Chapter five provides technical information on the interaction of risk and decision making. The final three chapters address empowerment of clients for behavior change through effective communication, collaboration, and partnerships with the healthcare professional. The book is particularly effective in illustrating application of the theory through the use of case studies. Assessment This would be an excellent textbook for any healthcare educator or academic educator who instructs future healthcare professionals. It not only provides an evidence-based foundation for developing effective curricula and teaching modalities, it also provides insight into the importance of communicating and collaborating with clients for health behavior change to occur. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 5 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2025 Doody Enterprises, Inc.