| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The Health Belief Model: A Decade Later | Health Education Quarterly | 1984 | 6,152 |
| 2 | An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion Programs | Health Education Quarterly | 1988 | 5,234 |
| 3 | Social Learning Theory and the Health Belief Model | Health Education Quarterly | 1988 | 3,599 |
| 4 | The Role of Self-Efficacy in Achieving Health Behavior Change | Health Education Quarterly | 1986 | 1,258 |
| 5 | Empowerment through Photo Novella: Portraits of Participation | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 831 |
| 6 | Towards an Understanding of Risk Behavior: An AIDS Risk Reduction Model (ARRM) | Health Education Quarterly | 1990 | 772 |
| 7 | Empowerment Education: Freire's Ideas Adapted to Health Education | Health Education Quarterly | 1988 | 682 |
| 8 | Focus Group Interview: An Underutilized Research Technique for Improving Theory and Practice in Health Education | Health Education Quarterly | 1987 | 644 |
| 9 | Health Education and Community Empowerment: Conceptualizing and Measuring Perceptions of Individual, Organizational, and Community Control | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 568 |
| 10 | Social Marketing and Public Health Intervention | Health Education Quarterly | 1988 | 522 |
| 11 | Alcohol and Drug Use During Sexual Activity and Compliance with Safe Sex Guidelines for AIDS: The AIDS Behavioral Research Project | Health Education Quarterly | 1986 | 430 |
| 12 | Toward Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: An Introduction | Health Education Quarterly | 1992 | 414 |
| 13 | The Transtheoretical Model of Change and HIV Prevention: A Review | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 407 |
| 14 | Arthritis Self-Management Studies: A Twelve-Year Review | Health Education Quarterly | 1993 | 401 |
| 15 | Goal Setting as a Strategy for Health Behavior Change | Health Education Quarterly | 1995 | 367 |
| 16 | Community Coalitions for Prevention and Health Promotion: Factors Predicting Satisfaction, Participation, and Planning | Health Education Quarterly | 1996 | 303 |
| 17 | Attitudes, Norms, and Self-Efficacy: A Model of Adolescents' HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior | Health Education Quarterly | 1992 | 275 |
| 18 | Social Networks and Social Support: Implications for Natural Helper and Community Level Interventions | Health Education Quarterly | 1985 | 255 |
| 19 | The Impact of Communications on the Self-Regulation of Health Beliefs, Decisions, and Behavior | Health Education Quarterly | 1983 | 253 |
| 20 | Introduction to Community Empowerment, Participatory Education, and Health | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 244 |
| 21 | Stages of Change in Adopting Healthy Diets: Fat, Fiber, and Correlates of Nutrient Intake | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 243 |
| 22 | Health Promotion and Empowerment: Reflections on Professional Practice | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 240 |
| 23 | New Health Promotion Movement: A Critical Examination | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 237 |
| 24 | Environmental and Policy Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Through Physical Activity: Issues and Opportunities | Health Education Quarterly | 1995 | 225 |
| 25 | A Family Approach to Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Results from The San Diego Family Health Project | Health Education Quarterly | 1989 | 221 |
| 26 | A School Health Education Program for Children with Asthma Aged 8-11 Years | Health Education Quarterly | 1987 | 214 |
| 27 | Measuring Community Competence in the Mississippi Delta: The Interface between Program Evaluation and Empowerment | Health Education Quarterly | 1994 | 211 |
| 28 | A Meta-Analysis of Smoking Prevention Programs After Adjustment for Errors in the Unit of Analysis | Health Education Quarterly | 1996 | 200 |
| 29 | Avoiding Type III Errors in Health Education Program Evaluations: A Case Study | Health Education Quarterly | 1985 | 194 |
| 30 | A Systems Model of Clinical Preventive Care: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Patient and Physician | Health Education Quarterly | 1992 | 194 |
| 31 | The Concept of Health Promotion and the Prevention of Adolescent Drug Abuse | Health Education Quarterly | 1985 | 191 |
| 32 | Participation in Worksite Health Promotion: A Critique of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Practice | Health Education Quarterly | 1993 | 187 |
| 33 | Environmental Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating: A Review of Models, Programs, and Evidence | Health Education Quarterly | 1988 | 185 |
| 34 | A Patient Education Program to Improve Adherence Rates with Antituberculosis Drug Regimens | Health Education Quarterly | 1990 | 178 |
| 35 | Media Advocacy: A Strategy for Advancing Policy and Promoting Health | Health Education Quarterly | 1996 | 178 |
| 36 | Institutionalizing Social Support Through the Church and into the Community | Health Education Quarterly | 1985 | 177 |
| 37 | A Meta-analysis of School-based Smoking and Alcohol Use Prevention Programs | Health Education Quarterly | 1988 | 166 |
| 38 | Susceptibility to Peer Pressure, Self-Esteem, and Health Locus of Control as Correlates of Adolescent Substance Abuse | Health Education Quarterly | 1987 | 163 |
| 39 | Life Events, Social Network, Life-Style, and Health: An Analysis of the 1979 National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences | Health Education Quarterly | 1984 | 158 |
| 40 | Essential Elements of Self-Help/Minimal Intervention Strategies for Smoking Cessation | Health Education Quarterly | 1990 | 156 |
| 41 | Psychosocial Predictors of Reported Behavior Change in Homosexual Men at Risk for AIDS | Health Education Quarterly | 1986 | 155 |
| 42 | Cancer Risk Reduction in Mexican American Women: The Role of Acculturation, Education, and Health Risk Factors | Health Education Quarterly | 1995 | 154 |
| 43 | Mammography Usage and the Health Belief Model | Health Education Quarterly | 1992 | 145 |
| 44 | Social Networks and Social Support: An Overview of Research, Practice, and Policy Implications | Health Education Quarterly | 1985 | 142 |
| 45 | Mass Media Campaigns: The Odds Against Finding Behavior Change | Health Education Quarterly | 1981 | 141 |
| 46 | School Promotion of Healthful Diet and Physical Activity: Impact on Learning Outcomes and Self-Reported Behavior | Health Education Quarterly | 1989 | 140 |
| 47 | Development of Level of Institutionalization Scales for Health Promotion Programs | Health Education Quarterly | 1993 | 139 |
| 48 | Evaluation of Health Education Programs: Current Assessment and Future Directions | Health Education Quarterly | 1995 | 138 |
| 49 | Self-Efficacy for AIDS Preventive Behaviors among Tenth Grade Students | Health Education Quarterly | 1992 | 137 |
| 50 | Health Education, Health Promotion and the Open Society: An Historical Perspective | Health Education Quarterly | 1989 | 130 |
