The training typically requires a university degree with a focus on core disciplines of biostatistics, epidemiology, health services administration, health policy, health education, behavioral science and environmental health.
The ideas in this way of working come from many different disciplines including statistics, industrial engineering, production management, and behavioral science.
For social and behavioral science, the largest system is the action system, consisting of interrelated behaviors of human beings, embedded in a physical-organic environment.
The term contextual behavioral science refers to the application of functional contextualism to human behavior, including contextual forms of behavior analysis, cognitive behavior therapy, and evolution science.
Contemporary managers and management educators make limited use of the vast behavioral science evidence base relevant to effective management practice.
The book has been widely cited in health and behavioral science research, and several subsequent publications have been partially or entirely dedicated to evaluating and critiquing the measures.
