Promoting the return of lapsed blood donors: A seven-arm randomized controlled trial of the question-behavior effect

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 646-655

  Godin, Gaston ^a   Germain, Marc ^b   Conner, Mark ^c   Delage, Gilles ^b   Sheeran, Paschal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HÉMA QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Intervention; Lapsed donors; Question behavior effect; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD DONOR; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PERSONAL VALUE; QUESTION BEHAVIOR EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84903549621     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033505     Document Type: Article

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