Childhood obesity is an increasing health problem because of its strong associations with chronic health problems in children and adults. Obesity during childhood commonly persists into adulthood and is resistant to interventions that involve only recommendations to decrease caloric intake and to increase caloric expenditure through increased physical activity. The challenge with this approach ...

Increasing numbers of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks for preventing sexual violence are appearing in the research- and practice-based literatures. The consensus of this work is that although important lessons have been learned, the field is still in the early stages of developing and fully researching effective models, particularly for the primary prevention of this problem in com...

BACKGROUND The transtheoretical model is a framework to explain smoking uptake and cessation in adolescence. Decisional balance is proposed as a driver of stage movement. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure and measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I) of the decisional balance scale. METHODS In this study, we used confirmatory factor analysis followed by m...

Studies have shown that diabetes and cardiovascular disease can be controlled and prevented through the modification of behavioral risk factors. The transtheoretical model of behavior change, also known as the stages of change model, offers promise for designing behavior change interventions. However, this model has rarely been applied in group settings with minority communities. To address rac...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify an appropriate theoretical framework to study exercise motivation for breast cancer risk reduction among high-risk women. DATA SOURCES An extensive review of the literature was conducted to gather relevant information pertaining to the Health Promotion Model, self-determination theory, social cognitive theory, Health Belief Model, Transtheoretical Model, theory ...

With the worsening of urban traffic congestion and environmental pollution, cities around world have become conscious importance bicycle. The key to promoting transition from driving bicycling for short-distance travel is understand process effect latent variables. This paper divides into five stages according transtheoretical model behavior change analyzes staged in terms influences First, bas...

This paper intends to show the combination of therapeutical strategies in the treatment of long evolution food disorders. This fashion of work entitled "Modelo Santa Cristina" is based on several theoretical paradigms: Enabling Model, Action Control Model, Change Process Transtheoretical Model and Cognitive-Behavioural Model (Cognitive Restructuring and Learning Theories). Furthermore, Gestalt,...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To assess Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening behaviors of Taiwanese women, to explore factors affecting stages of change, and to determine whether constructs from the transtheoretical model are applicable to Taiwanese women with regard to Pap screening. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional. SETTING A hospital in Taiwan. SAMPLE 222 female hospital workers. METHODS Data w...