Health Policy Perception and Health Behaviours: A Multilevel Analysis and Implications for Public Health Psychology

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-175

  Von Lengerke, Thomas ^a   Vinck, Jan ^b   Rütten, Alfred ^c   Reitmeir, Peter ^a   Abel, Thomas ^d   Kannas, Lasse ^e   Lüschen, Günther ^f   Rodríguez Diaz, Josep A ^g   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Health behaviour; Health policy; Multilevel analysis; Social climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BELGIUM; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BELGIUM; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN;

EID: 1642471726     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105304036110     Document Type: Review

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