Testing the effectiveness of a skin cancer narrative in promoting positive health behavior: A pilot study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-181

  Lemal, Marijke ^a   Van den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behavior; Health promotion; Information seeking; Narratives; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NARRATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954815093     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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