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Guidry, Jeanine P. D.; O'Donnell, Nicole H.; Austin, Lucinda L.; Coman, Ioana A.; Adams, Jay; Perrin, Paul B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread around the world, and since currently no treatments that are safe and effective for large groups of people nor a vaccine are available, the best way to prevent the illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus causing it. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of both…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
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Braun, Robert E.; Glassman, Tavis; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye; Dake, Joseph; Jordan, Tim; Yingling, Faith – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2014
This study assessed the Integrated Behavioral Model's (IBM) utility in explaining high-risk drinking among college students. A total of 356 participants completed a four-page questionnaire based on the (IBM) theory and their drinking behavior. The results from a path analysis revealed three significant constructs (p<0.05) which predicted…
Descriptors: Prediction, Drinking, Prevention, College Students
Vahe, Mariliis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of a customized educational health intervention on sexual health and female cancer prevention among young women in Pakistan and evaluates the applicability of the integrated model of behavior prevention (IM) when predicting three health behaviors among this population. The study used randomized…
Descriptors: Females, Cancer, Prevention, Foreign Countries
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Scheier, Lawrence M.; Grenard, Jerry L.; Holtz, Kristen D. – Journal of Drug Education, 2011
This study evaluated the efficacy of "Above the Influence" (ATI), a national media-based health persuasion campaign to deter youth drug use. The campaign uses public service anti-drug prevention messages and targets youth between the ages of 14 and 16, a period of heightened susceptibility to peer influences. The evaluation utilized mall…
Descriptors: Evidence, Advertising, Structural Equation Models, Drug Use
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Flight, Ingrid H.; Wilson, Carlene J.; McGillivray, Jane; Myers, Ronald E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
We investigated whether the five-factor structure of the Preventive Health Model for colorectal cancer screening, developed in the United States, has validity in Australia. We also tested extending the model with the addition of the factor Self-Efficacy to Screen using Fecal Occult Blood Test (SESFOBT). Randomly selected men and women aged between…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Self Efficacy, Cancer, Validity