The benefits and challenges of multiple health behavior change in research and in practice

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 26-29

  Prochaska, Judith J ^a   Nigg, Claudio R ^b   Spring, Bonnie ^c   Velicer, Wayne F ^d   Prochaska, James O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior change; Interventions; Multiple risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949284731     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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