Association between health beliefs and health behavior in early pregnancy

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1316-1323

  Bödecs, Tamás ^a   Horváth, Boldizsár ^a   Szilágyi, Eniko ^b   Diffellné Németh, Marietta ^a   Sándor, János ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Markusovszky Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Folate supplementation; Health behavior; Health beliefs; Health locus of control; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUNGARY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255143113     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0698-0     Document Type: Article

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