Matching the message to the process: The relative ordering of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in behavior change research

Human Communication Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 366-385

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Paredes, Patricia ^a   Poppe, Patricia R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; PERU; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; KNOWLEDGE; LATIN AMERICA; PERU; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SATISFACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE; LATIN AMERICA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERU; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032219261     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1998.tb00421.x     Document Type: Article

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