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Health Education & Behavior Template

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About the Health Education & Behavior format

Health Education & Behavior is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Health Policy Implementation Science, Community Health and Development. Over its lifetime it has published 2,581 papers, which have received 117,958 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Health Education & Behavior, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inObesity, Physical Activity, Diet Health Policy Implementation Science Community Health and Development Behavioral Health and Interventions Public Health Policies and Education
ISSN1090-1981
Citation impact (2-yr)2.01
h-index136
i10-index1,549
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Health Education & Behavior per year

94
2014
111
2015
107
2016
104
2017
84
2018
124
2019
114
2020
142
2021
84
2022
73
2023
63
2024
86
2025

Citation impact of Health Education & Behavior by publication year

3K
2014
4.2K
2015
2.7K
2016
2.8K
2017
2.6K
2018
3.2K
2019
5.1K
2020
2.1K
2021
883
2022
429
2023
251
2024
115
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Health Education & Behavior

Health Promotion by Social Cognitive Means

Albert Bandura · 1 Apr 2004

This article examines health promotion and disease prevention from the perspective of social cognitive theory. This theory posits a multifaceted causal structure in which self-efficacy beliefs operate together with goals, outcome expectations, and perceived environmental impediments and facilitators in the regulation of human motivation, behavior, and well-being. Belief in one's efficacy to exercise control is…

7,303 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Photovoice: Concept, Methodology, and Use for Participatory Needs Assessment

Caroline Wang, Mary Ann Burris · 1 Jun 1997

Photovoice is a process by which people can identify, represent, and enhance their community through a specific photographic technique. As a practice based in the production of knowledge, photovoice has three main goals: (1) to enable people to record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns, (2) to promote critical dialogue and knowledge about important…

5,428 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Religion-Health Connection: Evidence, Theory, and Future Directions

Christopher G. Ellison, Jeffrey S. Levin · 1 Dec 1998

The volume and quality of research on what we term the religion-health connection have increased markedly in recent years. This interest in the complex relationships between religion and mental and physical health is being fueled by energetic and innovative research programs in several fields, including sociology, psychology, health behavior and health education, psychiatry, gerontology, and…

1,464 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Social Ecological Approaches to Individuals and Their Contexts

Shelley D. Golden, Jo Anne Earp · 20 Jan 2012

Social ecological models that describe the interactive characteristics of individuals and environments that underlie health outcomes have long been recommended to guide public health practice. The extent to which such recommendations have been applied in health promotion interventions, however, is unclear. The authors developed a coding system to identify the ecological levels that health promotion…

1,328 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Achieving Cultural Appropriateness in Health Promotion Programs: Targeted and Tailored Approaches

Matthew W. Kreuter, Susan N. Lukwago, Dawn C. Bucholtz et al. · 1 Apr 2003

It is a truism of health education that programs and interventions will be more effective when they are culturally appropriate for the populations they serve. In practice, however, the strategies used to achieve cultural appropriateness vary widely. This article briefly describes five strategies commonly used to target programs to culturally defined groups. It then explains…

1,248 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Health Education & Behavior template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Health Education & Behavior format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Health Education & Behavior template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Health Education & Behavior use?
Health Education & Behavior uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Health Education & Behavior, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Health Education & Behavior?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Health Education & Behavior document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Health Education & Behavior template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Health Education & Behavior format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Health Education & Behavior?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Health Education & Behavior PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Health Education & Behavior template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Health Education & Behavior template cost?
You can start writing in the Health Education & Behavior template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Health Education & Behavior PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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