Use of interactive health communication to affect smoking intentions in middle school students: A pilot test of the "headbutt" risk assessment program

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 334-338

  Shegog, Ross ^a   McAlister, Alfred L ^a   Hu, Shoahua ^a   Ford, Kentya C ^a   Meshack, Angela F ^a   Peters, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based Tailored Intervention; Internet; Middle School; Prevention Research; Risk Assessment; Smoking Intentions; Smoking Prevention; Web based Intervention

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244386215     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-19.5.334     Document Type: Review

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