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| Research article summary (published 30 Jan 2003): |
Intergenerational transmission of health: the role of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and communicative factors.
Full Abstract
A model of household dietary behaviors based on adults' and children's intrapersonal, interpersonal, and communicative factors is introduced and tested. To the extent that children's health behaviors are influenced by adults' health behaviors, it is hypothesized that children's behavioral determinants, including self-efficacy, knowledge, and use of health information, will be affected by household adults' behavioral determinants. Household communication is expected to affect the behaviors and the behavioral determinants of adults and children. Data come from the Stanford Five-City Project. Structural equation models revealed that adults' dietary behavior was influenced by their self-efficacy, knowledge, and discussion between adults and children. Children's dietary behavior was influenced by their self-efficacy, knowledge, and use of health information. Adults' intrapersonal determinants of dietary behavior predicted corresponding children's measures. Implications for health education efforts directed at children include encouraging household discussion about health and focusing on adults as agents of change as an integral campaign strategy.
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Author information
Author/s: Rimal, Rajiv N (RN);
Affiliation: Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA. rimal(-atsign-)mail.utexas.edu
Grants: HL21906 (Agency:United States NHLBI)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (Health Educ Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Feb; vol 30 (issue 1) : pp 10-28
Dates: Created 2003/02/04; Completed 2003/04/28; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12564665, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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