Current Methods in Health Behavior Research Among U.S. Community College Students: A Review of the Literature

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-202

  Pokhrel, Pallav ^a   Little, Melissa A ^a   Herzog, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

community college; data collection; health behavior; online; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900499542     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278713512125     Document Type: Article

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