Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Dietary Change in a Low-Socioeconomic-Status Southern Adult Population

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-368

  Shannon, Jackilen ^a   Kirkley, Betty ^c   Ammerman, Alice ^c   Keyserling, Thomas ^c   Kelsey, Kristine ^c   DeVellis, Robert ^b   Simpson Jr , Ross J ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0031155215     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400308     Document Type: Article

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