TY - JOUR
T1 - Closing the knowledge-behavior gap in health promotion
T2 - The mediating role of self-efficacy
AU - Rimal, Rajiv N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Public Health Service Grant HL21906 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to John W. Farquhar. I thank June A. Flora, Stephen P. Fortmann, and Richard L. Street, Jr., for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Three cross-sectional data waves spanning 10 years (N = 2,055; 2,026; and 2,068) and 2 longitudinal data waves spanning 4 years (N = 1,384 and 1,151) from the Stanford Five-City Project (see Farquhar, Fortmann, Maccoby, & Haskell, 1985, for a full description of the project) were analyzed to determine whether diet self-efficacy mediated the relation between diet knowledge and behavior. In the cross-sectional data waves, knowledge-behavior correlations were greater among those with high (compared to low) self-efficacy. In the longitudinal data waves, knowledge-behavior correlations increased among those who increased their self-efficacy and decreased among those who decreased their self-efficacy. Recommendations are made for public health campaigns designed to improve individuals' health behaviors.
AB - Three cross-sectional data waves spanning 10 years (N = 2,055; 2,026; and 2,068) and 2 longitudinal data waves spanning 4 years (N = 1,384 and 1,151) from the Stanford Five-City Project (see Farquhar, Fortmann, Maccoby, & Haskell, 1985, for a full description of the project) were analyzed to determine whether diet self-efficacy mediated the relation between diet knowledge and behavior. In the cross-sectional data waves, knowledge-behavior correlations were greater among those with high (compared to low) self-efficacy. In the longitudinal data waves, knowledge-behavior correlations increased among those who increased their self-efficacy and decreased among those who decreased their self-efficacy. Recommendations are made for public health campaigns designed to improve individuals' health behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327027HC1203_01
DO - 10.1207/S15327027HC1203_01
M3 - Article
C2 - 10938914
AN - SCOPUS:0039416218
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 12
SP - X-235
JO - Health communication
JF - Health communication
IS - 3
ER -