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Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(3): 137-144. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.22
PMID: 27579257        PMCID: PMC5002880

Original Article

Using multi-theory model to predict initiation and sustenance of small portion size consumption among college students

Manoj Sharma 1, Hannah Priest Catalano 2, Vinayak K. Nahar 3,4 * , Vimala Lingam 1, Paul Johnson 5, M. Allison Ford 4

Cited by CrossRef: 41


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33- Wilkerson A, Davis R, Sharma M, Harmon M, McCowan H, Mockbee C, Ford M, Nahar V. Use of the multi-theory model (MTM) in explaining initiation and sustenance of indoor tanning cessation among college students. Arch Dermatol Res. 2022;315(2):191 [Crossref]
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39- Panjwani D, Pai M, Yellapurkar S, Poddar A, Rajesh G. Novel behavioral model in evaluating initiation and sustenance of teeth brushing behavior among students pursuing health sciences: a cross-sectional study. F1000Res. 2022;11:389 [Crossref]
40- Asare M, Agyei-Baffour P, Lanning B, Barimah Owusu A, Commeh M, Boozer K, Koranteng A, Spies L, Montealegre J, Paskett E. Multi-Theory Model and Predictors of Likelihood of Accepting the Series of HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study among Ghanaian Adolescents. IJERPH. 2020;17(2):571 [Crossref]

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