Church-based health behavior programs: Using social cognitive theory to formulate interventions for at-risk populations

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-142

  Winett, Richard A ^a   Anderson, Eileen S ^a   Whiteley, Jessica A ^a   Wojcik, Janet R ^a   Rovniak, Liza S ^a   Graves, Kristi D ^a   Galper, Daniel I ^a   Winett, Sheila G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PC Resources

Author keywords

At risk groups; Cancer prevention; Church based intervention; Disease prevention; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033455245     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-1849(99)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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