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ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2025

Segmenting Preventive Health Behavior: Gender Disparities and Psychosocial Predictors in a Culturally Diverse Italian Region.

Dietmar Ausserhofer, Verena Barbieri, Stefano Lombardo, Timon Gärtner, Klaus Eisendle, Giuliano Piccoliori, Adolf Engl, Christian J Wiedermann

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Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Social Marketing for Health Equity: Promoting Preventive Health Behavior Among Women in Rural Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Dietmar AusserhoferInstitute of General Practice and Public Health, Claudiana-College of Health Professions, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
Verena BarbieriInstitute of General Practice and Public Health, Claudiana-College of Health Professions, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5934-9472
Stefano LombardoProvincial Institute for Statistics of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol (ASTAT), 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-8034-8480
Timon GärtnerProvincial Institute for Statistics of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol (ASTAT), 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6187-5159
Klaus EisendleDirectorate, Claudiana-College of Health Professions, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8234-9964
Giuliano PiccolioriInstitute of General Practice and Public Health, Claudiana-College of Health Professions, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1974-4184
Adolf EnglInstitute of General Practice and Public Health, Claudiana-College of Health Professions, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
Christian J WiedermannInstitute of General Practice and Public Health, Claudiana-College of Health Professions, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4639-8195

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grounded in health behavior theory, this study examined patterns of preventive health behavior in a culturally diverse, multilingual region of northern Italy using data from a representative population survey (

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behavioral segmentationgender differenceshealth literacyhealth promotionlatent profile analysismistrustpatient activationpopulation-based studypreventive health behaviorsocial determinants of health

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PMCPMC12385775

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