Using Goal Setting and Attainment to Impact Indicators of Health Behavior Change among Young American Indian Women: The We RISE (Raising Income, Supporting Education) Study

Study of 60 young Indigenous mothers examines the association between setting and attaining goals and indicators of health behavior change. After six month of intervention it was found that goal attainment was not significantly associated with behavior change despite participants exhibiting confidence in completing goals and increased sense of agency.

Author/Creator

Lacey A. McCormack

Rae O’Leary

Alli Moran

Christine W. Hockett

Open Access

Yes

Primary Source

No

Citation

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 123-133

Publication Date

2019

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