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Nkoka, Owen; Chuang, Ting-Wu; Chen, Yi-Hua – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: Malawi is a malaria-endemic country. A national malaria communication strategy was adopted to disseminate malaria messages with the aim of improving knowledge and adoption of malaria interventions. Objective: To examine the effect of maternal exposure to malaria messages and the medium through which such messages are delivered on…
Descriptors: Diseases, Mothers, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
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Huang, Cathy; Dannenberg, Andrew L.; Haaland, Wren; Mendoza, Jason A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: Active commuting to school (ACS) is associated with increased physical activity and lowered risk of obesity. In observational studies, ACS was associated with child self-efficacy, parent self-efficacy, and parent outcome expectations, although few experiments have assessed changes in these behavioral constructs. Aim: This study…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Transportation, Low Income, Physical Activities
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Gielen, Andrea C.; Green, Lawrence W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Motor vehicle safety and tobacco control are among the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the number of miles traveled in the United States multiplied 10 times from the 1920s to the 1990s, the annual motor vehicle crash death rate per vehicle mile traveled…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Public Health, Success