Designing effective health education materials: Experimental pre-testing of a theory-based brochure to increase knowledge

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-426

  Whittingham, Jill R D ^a   Ruiter, Robert A C ^a   Castermans, Diana ^a   Huiberts, Annemarie ^b   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NIGZ Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAMPHLETS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 44649165161     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym018     Document Type: Article

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