Using narrative communication as a tool for health behavior change: A conceptual, theoretical, and empirical overview

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 777-792

  Hinyard, Leslie J ^a   Kreuter, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Health communication; Health promotion; Narrative communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35248875376     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106291963     Document Type: Article

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