Do tailored behavior change messages enhance the effectiveness of health risk appraisal? Results from a randomized trial

Health Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-105

  Kreuter, Matthew W ^a   Strecher, Victor J ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0029921366     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.1.97     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. American Cancer Society (1988) Summary of Current Guidelines for the Cancer-related Checkup: Recommendations, American Cancer Society, New York.
2. Amler, R., Moriarty, D. and Hutchins, E. (eds) (1989) Healthier People. The Carter Center of Emory University Health Risk Appraisal Program. Guides and Documentation. The Carter Center, Decatur, GA.
3. Becker, M. H. (ed.) (1974) The health belief model and personal health behavior. Health Education Monographs, 2, 324-473.
4. Becker, M. H. and Janz, N. K. (1987) On the effectiveness and utility of health hazard/health risk appraisal in clinical and nonclinical settings. Health Services Research, 22, 537-551.
5. Beery, W. L., Schoenbach, V. J., Wagner, E. H., Graham, R., Karon, J. and Pezzullo, S. (1986) Health Risk Appraisal: Methods and Programs with Annotated Bibliography USDHHS publ. no. (PHS) 86-3396. National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology, Washington, DC.
6. Block, G., Hartman, A., Dresser, C., Carroll, M., Gannon, J. and Gardner, L. (1986) A data-based approach to diet questionnaire design and testing. American Journal of Epidemiology, 124, 453-469.
7. Block, G., Clifford, C., Naughton, M., Henderson, M. and McAdams, M. (1989) A brief dietary screen for high fat intake. Journal of Nutritional Education, 21, 199-207.
8. Campbell, M. K., DeVellis, B. M., Strecher, V. J., Ammerman, A. S., DeVellis, R. F. and Sandler, R. S. (1993) The impact of message tailoring on dietary behavior change for disease prevention in primary care settings. American Journal of Public Health, 84, 783-787.
9. DeFriese, G. H. and Fielding, J. E. (1990) Health risk appraisal in the 1990s: opportunities, challenges, and expectations. Annual Review of Public Health, 11, 401-418.
10. Fielding, J. E. (1989) Frequency of health risk assessment activities at US worksites. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 5, 73-81.
11. Fishbein, M. and Ajzen, I. (1975) Belief, Attitude, Intention, and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
12. Foxman, B. and Edington, D. W. (1987) The accuracy of health risk appraisal in predicting mortality. American Journal of Public Health, 77, 971-974.
13. Gazmararian, J. A., Foxman, B., Tze-Ching Yen, L., Morgenstern, H. and Edington, D. W. (1991) Comparing the predictive accuracy of health risk appraisal: the Centers for Disease Control versus Carter Center program. American Journal of Public Health, 81, 1296-1301.
14. Hollis, J. F., Lichtenstein, E., Vogt, T. M., Stevens, V. J. and Biglan, A. (1993) Nurse assisted counseling for smokers in primary care. Annals of Internal Medicine, 118, 521-525.
15. Kottke, T. E., Battista, R. N., DeFriese, G. H. and Brekke, M. L. (1988) Attributes of successful smoking cessation interventions in medical practice. A meta-analysis of 39 controlled trials. Journal of the American Medical Association, 259, 2882-2889.
16. Marlatt, G. A. and Gordon, J. R. (1980) Determinants of relapse: implications for the maintenance of behavior change. In: Davidson, P. and Davidsonk, S. (eds), Behavioral Medicine: Changing Health Lifestyles. Brunner/Mazel, New York, pp. 410-452.
17. Prochaska, J. O. and DiClemente, C. C. (1983) Stages and processes of self-change for smoking: toward an integrative model of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 390-395.
18. Prochaska, J. O. and DiClemente, C. C. (1992) In search of how people change: applications to addictive behaviors. American Psychologist, 47, 1102-1114.
19. Rimer, B. K. (1994) Mammography use in the US: trends and the impact of interventions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 16, 317-326.
20. Schoenbach, V. J. (1987) Appraising health risk appraisal (editorial). American Journal of Public Health, 77, 409-411.
21. Schoenbach, V. J., Wagner, E. H. and Beery, W. L. (1987) Health risk appraisal: review of evidence for effectiveness. Health Services Research, 22, 553-580.
22. Skinner, C. S., Strecher, V. J. and Hospers, H. (1994) Physician recommendations for mammography: do tailored messages make a difference? American Journal of Public Health, 84, 43-49.
23. Smith, K. W., McKinlay, S. M. and McKinlay, J. B. (1991) The validity of health risk appraisals for coronary heart disease: results from a randomized field trial. American Journal of Public Health, 81, 466-470.
24. Strecher, V. J., Becker, M. H., Kirscht, J. P., Eraker, S. A. and Graham-Tomasi, R. P. (1985) Psychological aspects of changes in cigarette smoking behavior. Patient Education and Counseling, 7, 249-262.
25. Strecher, V. J., Kreuter, M. W., Den Boer, D. J., Kobrin, S. C., Hosper, H. J. and Skinner, C. S. (1994) The effects of computer-tailored smoking cessation messages in family practice settings. Journal of Family Practice, 39, 262-270.
26. Wagner, E. H., Beery, W. L., Schoenbach, V. J. and Graham, R. M. (1982) An assessment of health hazard/health risk appraisal. American Journal of Public Health, 72, 347-352.
27. Weinstein, N. D. (1988) The precaution adoption process. Health Psychology, 7, 355-386.