Health Behavior Research (HBR) is the official journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB). Published four-times per year, HBR is a peer-reviewed open-access scholarly journal that publishes original research articles, current issues papers, commentaries, and abstracts from the annual meeting of the Academy.
Health Behavior Research is dedicated to the translation of research to advance policy, program planning, and/or practice relevant to behavior change. This aim is accomplished by publishing scholarly works from basic and applied scientists that rigorously apply, test, and inform efforts to revise, refine, or reject theoretical principles. More specifically, preference will be given to works that:
- Test theoretical principles across a diverse array of settings and populations to enable investigators to better specify the scope of a theory;
- Further develop processes that shape primary constructs identified in health behavior theories to inform guidelines for strategies to target constructs in policy, planning, and practice;
- Address the causal processes invoked by mediators and moderators that inform theory refinement;
- Provide empirical evidence that informs researchers about the potential factors that lack predictive and explanatory health behaviors so as to refine and reduce the number of constructs within existing theories that predict and explain health behavior;
- Provide rationale for theory refinement based on application and rigorous testing.
- Address new and emerging concepts and theory used in health behavior research, conceptual frameworks, methods, and analyses.
For more information about AAHB, and becoming a member, please visit the academy’s website at www.aahb.org.
Current Issue: Volume 7, Number 4 (2024) Special Issue: Mentorship to Advance Health Behavior Research
Editorial
Sapere Aude – Dare to be Wise: Karen D. Liller
Karen Liller
Research Articles
Process Evaluation of a Pilot Physical Activity and Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum Implemented in a Summer Care Program for Child and Adolescent Girls
Tyler Prochnow, Deja T. Jackson, Laurel S. Curran, Jeong-Hui Park, Meg Patterson, and Robert F. Valois
Relationship Between Grocery Shopping and Meal Preparation Self-Efficacy and Household Food Insecurity Among Food Pantry Clients
Kiana Jenkins, Allison N. Marshall, Bo Ra Kim, Fred Brooks, Craig Gundersen, and Daphne C. Hernandez
How college students evaluate the quality of online health information: A qualitative study
Xuewei Chen, Jati Ariati, DJ McMaughan, Ming Li, and Gary Kreps
Fall-Related Risk Factors among Older Men: A Scoping Review
Temitope Olokunlade, Mark E. Benden, Gang Han, Ledric Sherman, Oluyomi Oloruntoba, Igwesiri Jessa, Author Igbo, Johncross Nwadije, Toriq Mustapha, Adaeze Nwufo, Adetoun Ogunbamowo, and Matthew L. Smith
Suicidal Ideation by Selected Mental Health Conditions and Demographic Variables among Workers in a Large Non-Profit Organization in the United States
McKay Ashton and Ray M. Merrill
Exploring the Impact of Social Media, Health Communication, and Social Influences on College Students’ Perceived Effectiveness of the HPV Vaccine
Aditi Tomar, Erika Thompson, Laura Hopkins, and Matthew L. Smith
Drivers of Food Service Need and Use among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men with Chronic Conditions in the United States
Jeong-Hui Park, Tyler Prochnow, Ledric Sherman, Caroline D. Bergeron, Ashley Merianos, Babatunde Olubajo, Sanjeela Gandhari, and Matthew L. Smith
Adults’ beliefs about eating the USDA vegetable subgroups: A Reasoned Action Approach Elicitation
Paul Branscum and Kaylee Weakley
Using online surveys for health behavior research with college students: How does recruitment method impact study results?
Molly Hadley, Uday Patil, Kimberly Colvin, Tetine Sentell, Philip Massey, Mary Gallant, and Jennifer Manganello
Associations of Self-reported Musculoskeletal Pain and Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Healthcare Workers
Oluyomi Oloruntoba, Roaa Aggad, Ashley L. Merianos, Caroline D. Bergeron, Ali Boolani, Kayleigh Gregory, and Matthew L. Smith
Use of Co-Design to Identify Barriers to Health-Promoting Behaviors among African American Breast Cancer Survivors with Comorbid Obesity
Kelsey Sinclair, Misty Hawkins, Maresa Murray, Jennifer McChristian, Nicole Werner, Edmond Ramly, Roger Zoh, Kristen Allen-Watts, Tarah Ballinger, and Shelley Johns
Breathing Disorders as a Risk Factor for Falls among Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Results from National Surveillance Data
Chinelo Nsobundu, Shinduk Lee, Samia Tasnim, Mathew Lee Smith, and Marcia G. Ory
Research Briefs
Nourishing Smiles: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Implementing an Interprofessional School-based Oral Health and Nutrition Literacy Program for Adolescents
Allison N. Marshall, Kiana M. Jenkins, Carlos G. Fuentes, Dylan Tran, Karen N. Mejia, Maja Djukic, Rahma Mungia, Alexander Testa, Flor Alvarado, and Daphne C. Hernandez
Receipt of a Yearly Routine Checkup and Beliefs about the Importance of a Personal Primary Care Provider among Rural Patients
Bobbie L. Johannes, Tyler Prochnow, Selena Ortiz, and Matthew L. Smith
Perceived Health Concerns of Child Thirdhand Smoke Exposure and Potential Remediation Strategies Among Nonsmoking Parents of Young Children
E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, Georg E. Matt, Lara Stone, Madelyn J. Hill, and Ashley L. Merianos
Pilot Program to Assess and Address Food Insecurity at a Student-Run Free Clinic in Southeastern Virginia
Mackenzie K. Kelley, Agnes H. Kwak, and Ellen V. Pudney
A comparison of health literacy measurement tools in a sample of college students
Jennifer Manganello, Oyenike Ilaka, and Guher Gorgun
Relations between social anxiety and alcohol use problems via depression: The influence of distress tolerance
Rachel B. Geyer, Sarah Dreyer-Oren, Abigail Meikle, and Rose Marie Ward
Commentaries
Reframing and Advancing Academic Mentorship to Support New and Early Career Faculty Members
Juanita-Dawne R. Bacsu, Patricia C. Heyn, Steffi Kim, Zahra Rahemi, Monique J. Brown, Darina V. Petrovsky, Justine S. Sefcik, Jodi L. Southerland, Jeremy Holloway, Elyse Couch, Ayse Malatyali, and Matthew L. Smith
Writing Manuscript "Bookends": Strategies to Effectively Frame Science
Justine S. Sefcik, Amy Glasofer, and Matthew Lee Smith
Buying $cience: Considerations for Academic Productivity and Scholarship
Matthew L. Smith, Tyler Prochnow, Justine Sefcik, Darina V. Petrovsky, Juanita-Dawne R. Bacsu, Zahra Rahemi, Hsien-Chang Lin, and Ashley Merianos
