Temporal stability of the theory of planned behavior: A prospective analysis of sugar consumption among Ugandan adolescents

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 426-434

  Åstrom, Anne Nordrehaug ^a,b   Okullo, I ^a,c  

^a Centre for International Health   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Caries experience; Sugar consumption; Theory of planned behavior; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SUGAR INTAKE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA;

EID: 16644400884     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00186.x     Document Type: Review

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