Church-based health behavior programs: Using social cognitive theory to formulate interventions for at-risk populations |
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Authors: | Richard A Winett Eileen S Anderson Jessica A Whiteley Janet R Wojcik Liza S Rovniak Kristi D Graves Daniel I Galper Sheila G Winett |
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Institution: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA;PC Resources, Inc., USA |
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Abstract: | Epidemiological analyses conclude that the major contributors to all-cause premature mortality and morbidity are smoking, alcohol abuse, inappropriate diet, and a sedentary lifestyle. Efforts to modify these health behaviors in populations with community and worksite interventions, although initially promising, have had difficulty in sustaining health-behavior changes. More intensive, theoretically based interventions targeted to at-risk groups and delivered in smaller social units, such as churches and other religious organizations, have been recommended. An intervention based on social cognitive theory that entails integrating self-regulatory procedures with social and environmental supports in rural churches serving people from lower socioeconomic groups is described in detail. |
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Keywords: | At-risk groups Cancer prevention Church-based intervention Disease prevention Social cognitive theory |
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