Philosophy of the Journal
The Am J Health Behav seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors.
Journal Objectives
To provide a comprehensive understanding of the impact of personal attributes, personality characteristics, behavior patterns, social structure, and processes on health maintenance, health restoration, and health improvement to disseminate knowledge of holistic, multidisciplinary approaches to designing and implementing effective health programs, and to showcase health behavior analysis skills that have been proven to affect health improvement and recovery.
Following are a list of articles on the latest edition of the Journal
Volume 41, Number 4, July 2017
- Coping Strategies and Benefit-finding in the Relationship between Non-disclosure and Depressive Symptoms among Breast Cancer Survivors in China
- College Students’ Health Behavior Clusters: Differences by Sex
- Emotional Appeals in HIV Prevention Campaigns: Unintended Stigma Effects
- Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Study of University Retirees in Beijing, China
- Patterns of Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults
- Physical Activity and Quit Motivation Moderators of Adolescent Smoking Reduction
- Food Insecurity and Pre-diabetes in Adults: Race/Ethnic and Sex Differences (Open Access)
- Demographic Trends in Utah College Students’ Vigorous Physical Activity, 2003-2007
- Health-promoting Lifestyles and Psychological Distress Associated with Well-being in Community Adults
- Adolescent Energy Drink Use Related to Intake of Fried and High-sugar Foods
- Factors Associated with Korean Immigrants’ Medical Tourism to the Homeland
- The Effect of Smoking on Mental Health
- African-American Women’s Long-term Maintenance of Physical Activity Following a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Support Buffers Financial Strain’s Effect on Health-related Quality of Life
- Health Behaviors Related to the Use of Drugs among Patients with Epilepsy
Most recent editions of the Journal
Volume 41
- Number 4, July 2017 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 3, May 2017 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 2, March 2017
- Number 1, January 2017 (Partial Open Access)
Volume 40
- Number 6, November 2016
- Number 5, September 2016 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 4, July 2016 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 3, May 2016
- Number 2, March 2016
- Number 1, January 2016 (Partial Open Access)
Volume 39
- Number 6, November 2015 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 5, September 2015 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 4, July 2015
- Number 3, May 2015 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 2, March 2015 (Partial Open Access)
- Number 1, January 2015 (Partial Open Access)
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Impact Factor
1.74
Frequency
6 Issues Annually
Executive Editor
Penny N. Glover, MEd, CCRC
Editor-in-Chief
Elbert D. Glover, PhD, FAAHB
Open Access Articles
Complete list of Open Access articles available on the American Journal of Health Behavior.
2017
- Food Insecurity and Pre-diabetes in Adults: Race/Ethnic and Sex Differences
- Family Menu-planning Workshop: A Pilot Study on the Feasibility of Adult- and Peer-led Instruction
- Predictors of Smoking among Saudi Dental Students in Jeddah
- E-cigarette Nicotine Delivery: Data and Learnings from Pharmacokinetic Studies
- Spice and Herb Use with Vegetables: Liking, Frequency, and Self-efficacy among US Adults
2016
- Influences of Sex and BMI on the Weight Level Perception of Others
- Situational Pressures that Influence Firefighters’ Decision Making about Personal Protective Equipment: A Qualitative Analysis
- Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking among University Students in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Association between Weight and Smoking Not Mediated by Weight Loss Attempts or Bullying
- mHealth Pilot Study: Text Messaging Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination
2015
- Measuring Willingness to Accept Second-Hand Smoke Exposure
- Teachers’ Emotion Regulation Skills Facilitate Implementation of Health-related Intentions
- Effects of a Sexual Risk Reduction Program for African-American Adolescents on Social Cognitive Antecedents of Behavior Change
- Tobacco Use among Minnesota Adults, 2014
- Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS) in Tobacco Control in China
- mHealth Text Messaging for Physical Activity Promotion in College Students: A Formative Participatory Approach
- Engagement Indicators Predict Health Changes in a Lifestyle Intervention
- Men’s Help-seeking Behavior with Regards to Lower Bowel Symptoms
- Barriers to Help-seeking in Men Diagnosed with Benign Colorectal Diseases
- Receptivity to E-cigarette Marketing, Harm Perceptions, and E-cigarette Use
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Video
As a value-added benefit of publishing in AJHB, we will be offering authors a unique opportunity for sharing additional details with other health behavior scholars regarding their publication and related work in which they are engaged. Specifically, we will be inviting authors to contribute a video that they can create on their desktop or laptop computer. When it has been reviewed and approved, we will activate it at our website and provide additional information to link the video to their paper, moreover, authors will be able to link the video to their home institution/organization, or to another personal website of their preference. This video will become part of a permanent archive that accompanies papers published in AJHB. We hope that in doing so it will enhance the visibility of authors work in general as well as to their excellent contribution to American Journal of Health Behavior.
