title: Understanding African American women's decisions to buy and eat dark green leafy vegetables: an application of the reasoned action approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examine intentions to buy and eat dark green leafy vegetables (DGLV).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey assessing demographics, behavior, intention, and Reasoned Action Approach constructs (attitude, perceived norm, self-efficacy).
  
  
  METHODS
  Marion County, Indiana.
  
  
  METHODS
  African American women responsible for buying and preparing household food.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reasoned Action Approach constructs explaining intentions to buy and eat DGLV.
  
  
  METHODS
  Summary statistics, Pearson correlations, and multiple regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among participants (n = 410, mean age = 43 y), 76% and 80%, respectively, reported buying and eating DGLV in the past week. Mean consumption was 1.5 cups in the past 3 days. Intentions to buy (r = 0.20, P < .001) and eat (r = 0.23, P < .001) DGLV were positively associated with consumption. Reasoned Action Approach constructs explained 71.2% of the variance in intention to buy, and 60.9% of the variance in intention to eat DGLV. Attitude (β = .63) and self-efficacy (β = .24) related to buying and attitude (β = .60) and self-efficacy (β = .23) related to eating DGLV explained significant amounts of variance in intentions to buy and eat more DGLV. Perceived norm was unrelated to either intention to buy or eat DGLV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions designed for this population of women should aim to improve DGLV-related attitudes and self-efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Department of Applied Health Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN. Electronic address: sheats@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Jylana L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sheats
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Middlestadt
authors.forename: Fernando F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Ona
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Juarez
authors.forename: Lloyd J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kolbe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014675:Vegetables; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: African American; Reasoned Action Approach; diet; health behavior; vegetable consumption; women
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