This scientific statement addresses parents and adult caregivers (PACs) as “agents of
change” for obese children, evaluating the strength of evidence that particular parenting …

In this study, the authors develop an exploratory synthesis of two major health concepts:
Antonovsky′ s sense of coherence and Bandura′ s beliefs in one′ s own efficacy …

OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the design and findings of a pilot Mothers In Motion (P-
MIM) program. DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial that collected data via telephone …

The study investigated the relationship between motivation, self‐efficacy and demographic
variables, and determined if they affect the performance of health promotion behaviours in …

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated 100 mastectomized women
in Tabriz-Iran, 2018. The participants were selected using the convenience sampling …

Background: The importance of health promoting behaviors are due to their potential role in
preventing chronic diseases, reducing morbidity, improving quality of life and reducing …

We investigated associations between food choice motives and psychological determinants
of dietary health behaviour change (nutrition self-efficacy, NS-E, and health locus of control …

Background Excess gestational weight gain (GWG) contributes to long-term obesity in
mothers and children. To guide the tailoring of interventions to prevent excess GWG, a better …

Purpose Using baseline data from a prevention of weight gain intervention study, we
investigated whether self-efficacy mediated the relations between social support and dietary …

Objective: To determine what factors influenced dietary fat intake (DFI) among black
emerging adults. Participants: Sample included 251 black emerging adults, ages 18–25 …