Information seeking from media and family/friends increases the likelihood of engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-542

  Ramírez, A Susana ^a   Freres, Derek ^b   Martinez, Lourdes S ^c   Lewis, Nehama ^d   Bourgoin, Angel ^b   Kelly, Bridget J ^e   Lee, Chul Joo ^f   Nagler, Rebekah ^g   Schwartz, J Sanford ^h   Hornik, Robert C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VEGETABLES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877605939     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.743632     Document Type: Article

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