Evidence-based tailoring of behavior-change campaigns: Increasing fluoride-free water consumption in rural ethiopia with persuasion

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-118

  Huber, Alexandra C ^a   Tobias, Robert ^a   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavior change campaigns; Ethiopia; Fluoride removal filter; Intervention; Perceived costs; Perceived vulnerability; Persuasion; Tailored interventions

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR-CHANGE CAMPAIGNS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHIOPIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUORIDE-REMOVAL FILTER; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEIVED COSTS; PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; TAILORED INTERVENTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BEHAVIOR-CHANGE CAMPAIGNS; ETHIOPIA; FLUORIDE-REMOVAL FILTER; INTERVENTION; PERCEIVED COSTS; PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY; PERSUASION; TAILORED INTERVENTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHIOPIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUORIDE POISONING; FLUORIDES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895145100     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12018     Document Type: Article

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