Application of a Modified Health Belief Model to the Pro-Environmental Behavior of Private Well Water Testing

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1515-1526

  Straub, Crista L ^a   Leahy, Jessica E ^b  

^a UNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Pro environmental behavior; Water quality testing; Well water

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; SOFTWARE TESTING; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; GROUNDWATER EDUCATION PROGRAMS; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; TESTING PROGRAMS; WATER QUALITY TESTING; WELL WATER;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 84918795652     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12217     Document Type: Article

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