" The idea is very appealing for a number of reasons. Adolescent health is an area that
fundamentally requires an interdisciplinary perspective in terms of both scholarly work and …

Purpose: To test the effects of a classroom and World Wide Web (WWW) educational
intervention on self‐efficacy (SE) for healthy eating (HE) and to examine the relationship of …

OBJETIVO: El propósito de este trabajo estuvo orientado a que la información obtenida
incentivara la implementación de nuevos programas de educación en sexualidad para esta …

Across the world, women experience violations to their reproductive health and threats to
their educational aspirations that limit their achievement. Reproductive health and education …

This article describes the 19-item Social Comparison Motive Scale [SCMS], a measure of
adolescents' motives for social comparison related to pregnancy. Dimensions and items …

Lack of awareness of personal dietary fat intake is associated with a low motivation to
change to a diet lower in fat. An optimistic bias in the comparison of one's own fat intake to …

BACKGROUND: Latinos have been disproportionately affected by HIV, placing young Latino
men who have sex with men (MSM) at increased risk within this ethnic community …

People compare themselves to others for self-evaluation, practical information, and
motivation for healthy behaviors. The effect of active peer models on comparative thinking is …

A workplace physical activity (PA) study tested a novel use of peers to deliver the
intervention. Peer models provided vicarious experience for living physically active lifestyles …

This paper will trace the clinical evolution and demonstrated efficacy of Teen Club-a
community-based nursing intervention designed to reduce high-risk behaviors in female …