Changing health-promoting behaviours through narrative interventions: A systematic review

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1499-1517

  Perrier, Marie Josée ^a   Martin Ginis, Kathleen A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

behaviour change; health promotion; messaging; narrative; storytelling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NARRATIVE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STORYTELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NARRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 85051186484     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105316656243     Document Type: Review

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