Talking Health, A pragmatic randomized-controlled health literacy trial targeting sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adults: Rationale, design & methods

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-57

  Zoellner, Jamie ^a   Chen, Yvonnes ^a,b   Davy, Brenda ^a   You, Wen ^a   Hedrick, Valisa ^a   Corsi, Terri ^a   Estabrooks, Paul ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; Beverages; Health literacy; Randomized controlled trial; Research design; Rural population

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEVERAGES; HEALTH LITERACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84890189049     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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