Longitudinal association of adolescents' sense of coherence with tooth-brushing using an integrated behaviour change model

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-77

  Ayo Yusuf, Olalekan A ^a   Reddy, Priscilla S ^b   Van Den Borne, Bart W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behaviour change; Sense of coherence; South Africa; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449107693     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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