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This chapter focuses on a discipline that makes a major contribution to public health. Health psychology is fundamental in many ways and for many reasons, as it is about exploring the ways in which people behave in relation to their health. Underpinning behaviour is a range of complex influences, which this chapter explores, drawing on theory and recent research in the discipline. This chapter will be of interest to students on a range of health-related courses as well as those on health-professional courses, such as nursing, and other allied health professions that encourage and facilitate behaviour change at an individual level through one-to-one encounters. Of course, students of psychology, especially health psychology, will find this useful reading for their studies.