conclusions behaviors are actually adopted and sustained by patients are so far from that recommended by health professionals. this gap could be reduced by identifying behavioral change challenges, rooted in the beliefs of the individual and the family. therefore, culturally-based interventions to enhance disease self-management should be considered. results three sources of behavioral change c...

Capturing behavioral principles within the context of activity-based travel patterns is of vital importance to build adequate transportation planning models. Of course, there is no solitarily model which is perfectly capable of capturing all behavioral patterns but certain techniques are better suited for it than others. In this paper the technique of Bayesian networks is introduced. Bayesian n...

The IJBNPA is the journal of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). The ISBNPA is an international, interdisciplinary society of researchers who focus on issues related to behavioral nutrition and physical activity. ISBNPA aims to stimulate and promote innovative research in the area of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, advocate for the inter...

Background:Social marketing emphasizes the use of commercial marketing concepts and their application for social purposes and also the change of voluntary behavior in a non-profit manner. The main purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of social marketing on changing the physical activity of the elderly. Second, this study seeks to determine the extent to which Andreasonchr('39')...