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Health Education Research, doi:10.1093/her/cyg126
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Health Education Research © Oxford University Press 2004; All rights reserved
Received January 6, 2004
Accepted September 8, 2004

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Behavioral and social sciences theories and models: are they used in unintentional injury prevention research?

L. B. Trifiletti 1*, A. C. Gielen 1, D. A. Sleet 2, and K. Hopkins 2

1 Department of Heath Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
2 Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
L. B. Trifiletti, E-mail: ltrifile{at}jhsph.edu


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Behavioral and social sciences theories and models have the potential to enhance efforts to reduce unintentional injuries. The authors reviewed the published literature on behavioral and social science theory applications to unintentional injury problems to enumerate and categorize the ways different theories and models are used in injury prevention research. The authors conducted a systematic review to evaluate the published literature from 1980 to 2001 on behavioral and social science theory applications to unintentional injury prevention and control. Electronic database searches in PubMed and PsycINFO identified articles that combined behavioral and social sciences theories and models and injury causes. The authors identified some articles that examined behavioral and social science theories and models and unintentional injury topics, but found that several important theories have never been applied to unintentional injury prevention. Among the articles identified, the PRECEDE PROCEED Model was cited most frequently, followed by the Theory of Reasoned Action/Theory of Planned Behavior and Health Belief Model. When behavioral and social sciences theories and models were applied to unintentional injury topics, they were most frequently used to guide program design, implementation or develop evaluation measures; few examples of theory testing were found. Results suggest that the use of behavioral and social sciences theories and models in unintentional injury prevention research is only marginally represented in the mainstream, peer-reviewed literature. Both the fields of injury prevention and behavioral and social sciences could benefit from greater collaborative research to enhance behavioral approaches to injury control.


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