A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni): Results from a randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Epton, Tracy ^a,b   Norman, Paul ^a   Dadzie, Aba Sah ^a   Harris, Peter R ^c   Webb, Thomas L ^a   Sheeran, Paschal ^d   Julious, Steven A ^e   Ciravegna, Fabio ^a   Brennan, Alan ^e   Meier, Petra S ^e   Naughton, Declan ^f   Petroczi, Andrea ^f   Kruger, Jen ^e   Shah, Iltaf ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Exercise; Fruit and vegetables; Implementation intentions; Internet; Self affirmation; Smoking; Theory of planned behaviour; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903602906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-563     Document Type: Article

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