Several scientific publications have been dedicated to the Decade of Behavior to inform readers about specific topics related to the initiative's themes (safety, health, education, prosperity, and democracy).  

Behavior Matters Booklet Series

A sampling of behavioral research that has led to innovations and improvements in our lives in five content areas- living healthier, living happier, living wisely, living better by design, and living together.

Behavior Matters: How Research Improves Our Lives - Health (pdf)

Behavior Matters: How Research Improves Our Lives - Psychology (pdf)

Behavior Matters: Communication Research on Human Connections (pdf)

La Conducta Sí Importa: Cómo la investigación mejora nuestras vidas - Sicología (pdf)

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Small quantities (up to 25 booklets) may be requested free of charge. Booklets may also be ordered in bulk for $1 per copy to cover shipping and handling (minimum order 100 booklets; includes an extra 25 booklets at no charge). Please contact dob@apa.org to order, and be sure to:

• specify the number of booklets desired (1-25 or 100+)

• include your mailing address

• share with us your plans for using these materials; and

• let us know how you learned about the Decade of Behavior to help inform us about how knowledge of the initiative is spreading

Psychology Book Series

A collection of proceedings from scientific psychology conferences.

Sponsor:  American Psychological Association

Book Titles

Summary
          "As we enter a new century, it seems fitting that we begin with a new face on this book series-- that of the Decade of Behavior... Although a major effort of the initiative will be related to informing the public about the contributions of [behavioral and social science] fields, other activities will be put into place to reach fellow scientists. Hence, the series that was the 'APA Science Series' will be continued as the 'Decade of Behavior Series.' This represents one element in APA's efforts to promote this initiative as one of its partner organizations... We are pleased that [these] important contribution[s] to the literature will be part of the Decade of Behavior book series. Congratulations to the editors and contributors on their sterling effort." (from the book forward)

Special Journal Issues

La Década de la Conducta (2000-2010). Proyecto Boletín, Psicología Colombiana. Andrés M. Pérez-Acosta, ed.  April 2003: Number 21.

Sponsor: Sociedad Colombiana de Psicología 

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Summary
Several articles about Decade efforts in Latin America, Colombia, and other related issues.

Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Health Psychology: A View from the Decade of Behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Special Issue.  June 2000, Volume 70: Number 3.

Sponsor: American Psychological Association

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"This collection of articles follows prior special issues on behavioral medicine published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1982 and 1992.  From the vantage point of the  Decade of Behavior, the field has grown in scope, depth of basic scientific foundations, and evidence of applied utility. Yet many challenges remain-- especially in addressing a wide range of health problems across diverse populations and in a health-care context characterized by rapid changes in technology and by a growing concern with costs and evidence-based practice.  This special issue appears early in the Decade of Behavior....Clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine are clearly an integral component of such an effort."  (from the issue's introductory article)

Feminism and the Decade of Behavior. Psychology of Women Quarterly, Special Issue. December 2001, Volume 25: Number 4.

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"This Psychology of Women Quarterly special issue argues that the goals of the Decade of Behavior to foster a healthier, safer, better educated, more prosperous, and more democratic nation cannot be achieved without contributions from feminist psychology. Its individual articles reflect feminist perspectives and provide examples of how feminist perspectives can inform behavioral and social research within Decade domains. In this overview, we outline the challenges that gender poses to achieving Decade goals, and discuss four cross-cutting feminist principles for research to address those challenges: Inclusiveness and Diversity, Context, Power and Privilege, and Activism. We discuss specific limitations of traditional research, and emphasize the need for new models that view the world in more complex, context-based ways. We underscore the importance of generating new, diversity- mindful research questions and of developing and accepting new methods to answer them. We discuss policy implications, stressing the need for activism. We hope this work will encourage the expansion of feminist scholarship in the new millennium and be helpful to researchers, educators, and policymakers in working to achieve the goals of the Decade of Behavior." (from the issue's introductory article)    

Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse Research. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Special Issue for the Decade of Behavior. August 2000, Volume 8: Number 3.

Sponsor:  Division of Psychopharmocology and Substance Abuse (Division 28 of the American Psychological Association)

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"This special issue represents a joint effort by the journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology and the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse to celebrate the "Decade of Behavior: 2000-2010" initiative...  Contained in this special issue are commentaries by 3 Institute directors from the National Institutes of Health, 4 excellent critical reviews of various aspects of contemporary psychopharmacology research, and a series of  9 excellent original research reports. This series of articles bodes well for the health of psychopharmacology and substance abuse research and offers a fitting salute to this important initiative." (from the issue's introductory article)