Identifying opinion leaders to promote behavior change

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 881-896

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Pumpuang, Patchareeya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Community leaders; Health advocates; Health champions; Health promotion; Lay health advisors; Opinion leaders; Peer leaders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 36249031876     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106297855     Document Type: Article

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