OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING AS A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE: DETERMINING THE ROLE OF POSITIVE AFFECT AND SELF-EFFICACY

In medical settings, a teachable moment (TM) has been described as an event which may lead to psychological changes prompting individuals to engage in health promoting behaviors. A cancer screening (CS) has been suggested as a potential TM because several types of positive health behavior change (HB...

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Main Author: Steffens, Rachel F.
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2013
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/32
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=psychology_etds