Understanding how people process health information: A comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materials

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Kreuter, Matthew W ^b   Clark, Eddie M ^c   Oswald, Debra L ^c   Bull, Fiona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computers; Health communication; Health promotion; Information processing; Tailoring; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0344549255     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.5.487     Document Type: Article

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