Osteoporosis prevention in premenopausal women: Using a stage model approach to examine the predictors of behavior

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 84-93

  Blalock, Susan J ^a   DeVellis, Robert F ^a   Giorgino, Karen B ^a   DeVellis, Brenda M ^b   Gold, Deborah T ^c   Dooley, Mary Anne ^a   Anderson, John J B ^a   Smith, Shannon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Calcium consumption; Exercise; Osteoporosis; Precaution adoption process; Stage models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROL; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030103486     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.2.84     Document Type: Article

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