The bicycle helmet attitudes scale: Using the health belief model to predict helmet use among undergraduates

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Ross, Thomas P ^a   Ross, Lisa Thomsan ^a   Rahman, Annalise ^a   Cataldo, Shayla ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

bicycle helmet; bicycling; health belief model; safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HELMET; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; CYCLING; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFETY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77955222379     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2010.483702     Document Type: Article

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