Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ531879
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Skin Cancer Protective Behaviors among the Elderly: Explaining Their Response to a Health Education Program Using the Health Belief Model.
Carmel, Sara; And Others
Educational Gerontology, v22 n7 p651-68 Oct-Nov 1996
In 4 kibbutzim, 43 adults over 60 completed a questionnaire on sun-exposure protective behaviors before and 2 weeks and 4 months after a skin cancer intervention. Beliefs about skin cancer did not change, but beliefs about the value of health and internal health locus of control changed significantly. (SK)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cancer, Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Health Education, Locus of Control, Older Adults, Prevention
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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