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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Behavioral determinants."”.
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Behavioral Determinants of Exercise-Related Injury Prevention Program Participation
… a systematic review to identify the social or behavioral theoretical models or frameworks being used within ERIPP research and identify the level of theory implementation in study design (Project IA). The second purpose was to review the literature to determine how the Health Belief Model (HBM) …
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Behavioral Determinants of Biofortified Food Acceptance: The Case of Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato in Ghana
… introduction. This paper investigates the determinants of consumer acceptance of biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) using data from a choice experiment conducted in Ghana. I find that OFSP is preferred to traditional white-fleshed and yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes as indicated …
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The Virtue of Psychological Empowerment: How Organizational Culture Drives Behavioral Determinants of Workforce Agility in Uncertain Environments.
En la actualidad, en un entorno empresarial altamente competitivo y complejo, las dinámicas del desequilibrio afectan las organizaciones que solamente puede ser caracterizado como exponencial. En el contexto de un entorno empresarial volátil, incierto, complejo y ambiguo, el proceso de transformar …
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Improving Nutrition in Nepal: An analysis of food environments, behavioral determinants of consumption, and costs of a multisectoral nutrition program
… was to identify food environment and behavioral determinants of infant and young child feeding behaviors and costs of a scaled-up program focused on improving child nutrition outcomes.The first study used data collected from households in a cross-sectional survey representative of 42 …
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A different lens : a qualitative multiple-case study exploring the interrelationships between environmental, personal, and behavioral determinants and STEM perspectives for middle-school girls.
… must understand the environmental and personal determinants influencing middle-school girls' perspectives about STEM and how these perspectives influence the behavioral determinants of participation in STEM programs and STEM self-efficacy. This understanding is the catalyst for increasing the …
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A different lens : a qualitative multiple-case study exploring the interrelationships between environmental, personal, and behavioral determinants and STEM perspectives for middle-school girls.
… must understand the environmental and personal determinants influencing middle-school girls' perspectives about STEM and how these perspectives influence the behavioral determinants of participation in STEM programs and STEM self-efficacy. This understanding is the catalyst for increasing the …
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Understanding the Behavioral Determinants of Retention in HIV Care: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Situated Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills model of Care Initiation and Maintenance
… of critical informational, motivational, and behavioral skills related facilitators and barriers influencing retention in HIV care in an inner-city clinic population receiving clinic- and outreach-based HIV care services. Elicitation of retention-relevant factors was guided by the Situated …
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How Peruvian Mothers Appraise Pneumonia and the Predictors of their Intention to seek Medical Care when their Children have Signs of Pneumonia
… in Peru (Toledo, & Minaya, 1999). Studies about behavioral determinants that influence mothers to seek medical help for their child with signs of pneumonia do not focus on the contribution of the behavioral determinants to intention of seeking medical help.</p> <p>Using the Theory of Planned …
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Systems analysis of vaccination in the United States: Socio-behavioral dynamics, sentiment, effectiveness and efficiency
This dissertation examines the socio-behavioral determinants of vaccination and their impacts on public health, using a systems approach that emphasizes the interface between population health research, policy, and practice. First, we identify the facilitators and barriers of parental attitudes and …
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Tailoring Messages within the Stages of Change
… contemplative, action, and maintenance). The behavioral determinants for respondents in each group were then identified. The differences between the precontemplative and contemplative segment suggest that an affective message will be more effective in changing intention for precontemplative …
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Mechanisms of Volatile Odorant Detection and Corresponding Behavioral Effects in Drosophila
… basis of behavior. Animals generate appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, which are mediated by primary sensory neurons of different modalities including sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Olfaction serves a major role in conveying important information concerning a …
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The Determinants of Physical Activity, Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, and Poor Glycemic Control Among Individuals Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS)
… the personal factors, cognitive-perceptual, and behavioral determinants of three outcomes; physical activity, SMBG, and poor glycemic control. A secondary data (Saudi health interview survey-2013) was used with two sample sizes for examining PA and SMBG (<strong>808 participants who reported to …
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Integrating Psychology and Neuroscience Approaches to Optimize Physical Activity Behavior Change
… highly variable and typically modest. Even when behavioral interventions are effective, the understanding of how and why they work is lacking. Understanding the determinants of physical activity behavior change, along with identifying evidence-based behavior change techniques that target these …