Importance Measuring Health Behaviors

HB M4 case

According to Mokdad & Remington (2010), “health behaviors are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States” (p. 1). Reflecting on this statement, write a paper (2 pages) discussing the importance of being able to measure health behaviors and describing methods to assess health behaviors in a target population.

ASSIGNMENT EXPECTATIONS

The following items in particular will be assessed:

1. Discuss reasons for measuring health behaviors.
2. Identify at least two methods to assess/measure smoking behaviors among adolescents in your community.
3. In your opinion, do you agree or disagree that measurement of health behavior is useful for program planning. Defend your position by providing empirical evidence.

I only need the bulk of the paper , don’t worry about title page , include in text citations and a work cited page

Double spaced

Times new roman

12 point font

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