Mssage From the Associate Editors

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Hearth-Holmes, M. , Murphy, P. W. , Davis, T. C. , Nandy, I. , Elder, C.G. , Broadwell, L. H. , & Wolf, R. E. (1997). Literacy in patients with chronic disease: Systemic lupus erthematosus and the reading level of patient education materials. Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 2335-2339.

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Prochaska, J. O. , & DiClemente, C. C. (1983). Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: Toward an integrative model of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 390-395.

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Strecher, V. J. , & Rosenstock, I. M. (1997). The health belief model. In K. Glanz , F. M. Lewis , & B. K. Rimer (Eds.), Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.