These authors note that data on whether certain health-related behaviours are related to internal health locus of control have been ambiguous.

That held true even when age, race, socioeconomic factors, current health conditions, health care access and health-related behaviors were taken into account.

The information comes from telephone surveys by state health departments asking residents about health-related behavior like smoking, alcohol consumption and weight.

Poor predictability for health-related behavior in previous health research may be attributed to the exclusion of this variable.

However, little is known about the relationship between attitudes and beliefs and health-related behaviour.

Innumeracy is also a very common problem when dealing with risk perception in health-related behavior.

Positive health-related behavior may have a major impact on children's school performance.

The government has made a concerted effort to promote good health-related behaviors.

Little experimental evidence exists to suggest that application of the model is actually associated with changes in health-related behaviors.

Similarly, it has been used to examine the spread of both diseases and health-related behaviors.