Gender norms and social norms: differences, similarities and why they matter in prevention science

B Cislaghi, L Heise - Sociology of health & illness, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Two streams of theory and practice on gender equity have begun to elide. The first is work
conducted to change social norms, particularly using theory that emerged from studies in …

Why social relationships are important for physical health: A systems approach to understanding and modifying risk and protection

J Holt-Lunstad - Annual review of psychology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Social relationships are adaptive and crucial for survival. This review presents existing
evidence indicating that our social connections to others have powerful influences on health …

[HTML][HTML] Capability, opportunity, and motivation: an across contexts empirical examination of the COM-B model

TJ Willmott, B Pang, S Rundle-Thiele - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background There is limited evidence for successful weight gain prevention interventions
targeting young adults. Developing effective interventions necessitates a theoretical model …

Smart food policies for obesity prevention

C Hawkes, TG Smith, J Jewell, J Wardle, RA Hammond… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Prevention of obesity requires policies that work. In this Series paper, we propose a new
way to understand how food policies could be made to work more effectively for obesity …

Social norms and their influence on eating behaviours

S Higgs - Appetite, 2015 - Elsevier
Social norms are implicit codes of conduct that provide a guide to appropriate action. There
is ample evidence that social norms about eating have a powerful effect on both food choice …

[HTML][HTML] Patient portals facilitating engagement with inpatient electronic medical records: a systematic review

R Dendere, C Slade, A Burton-Jones, C Sullivan… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - jmir.org
Background Engaging patients in the delivery of health care has the potential to improve
health outcomes and patient satisfaction. Patient portals may enhance patient engagement …

What everyone else is eating: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of informational eating norms on eating behavior

E Robinson, J Thomas, P Aveyard, S Higgs - Journal of the Academy of …, 2014 - Elsevier
There is interest in the hypothesis that social norms are a determinant of healthy and
unhealthy dietary practices. The objective of our work was to assess the weight of evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Framing messages to deal with the COVID-19 crisis: the role of loss/gain frames and content

C Gantiva, W Jiménez-Leal, J Urriago-Rayo - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The goal of this study was to test the role of message framing for effective communication of
self-care behaviors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, contrasting health and …

Following family or friends. Social norms in adolescent healthy eating

S Pedersen, A Grønhøj, J Thøgersen - Appetite, 2015 - Elsevier
It is commonly believed that during adolescence children become increasingly influenced by
peers at the expense of parents. To test the strength of this tendency with regards to healthy …

Social norms and diet in adolescents

P Lally, N Bartle, J Wardle - Appetite, 2011 - Elsevier
We hypothesized that adolescents misperceive social norms for food consumption, and
aimed to test this, and examine associations between perceived norms and dietary …