A structural model of health behavior: A pragmatic approach to explain and influence health behaviors at the population level

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-154

  Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Scribner, Richard A ^a   Farley, Thomas A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Health behavior; Population; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FIREARM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; POLICY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033954022     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0609     Document Type: Article

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