Applying health behavior theory to multiple behavior change: Considerations and approaches
Preventive MedicinePublished 14 August 2007
Seth M. Noar, Melissa Chabot, Rick S. Zimmerman
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Examination of how health behavior theory might be applied to the growing research terrain of multiple behavior change found it to have the potential to broaden the understanding of multiple behaviors and multiplebehavior change.
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Further study in this area has the potential to broaden our understanding of multiple behaviors and multiple behavior change. Implications for additional theory-testing and application of theory to interventions are discussed.
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