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Over 25 years of training, teaching, and research experience in health promotion.
I regret to inform you that our reviewers have now considered your paper but unfortunately feel it unsuitable for publication in American Journal of Health Education. For your information I attach the reviewer comments at the bottom of this email. I hope you will find them to be constructive and helpful. You are of course now free to submit the paper elsewhere should you choose to do so.
Thank you for considering American Journal of Health Education. I hope the outcome of this specific submission will not discourage you from the submission of future manuscripts.
This paper is not suitable for publication. It provides outdated information regarding traditional models of behavior changes. Much information is inaccurate and unscientific. References are outdated. The Integrated Behavioral Model is stated incorrectly. Words are misspelled, sentences are grammatically incorrect.
ARE THESE USEFUL? ARE THESE VALUABLE? ARE THESE HELPFUL?
From a quick reading, which might be all I can offer in the next few weeks, I’m impressed with your encompassing and integrating of psychological theories pertaining to health education, and I appreciate that you have included a place for environmental factors in general, but I am disappointed if your book does not acknowledge the debt health education owes to theories of sociology, anthropology and economics. I’m sharing this not with the entire AAHB listserve, but with a few colleagues who have given particular attention with me lately to this gap in the literature accounting for some major public health successes.
I did see your online publication of the article for which I had provided a brief comment on what I think was an earlier, partial version. I have no objection to your posting my comment with the caveat that it was in response to a draft of one part of the manuscript (if I’m correct on that recollection). I might still get back to the online paper to offer a more general comment if I can find the time. My compliments on your good work. I’m impressed also with your enterprising approach to publishing on WebMed Central along with the reviewer critiques you got from the AJHE.
These are comments from Prof. Lawrence Green who is among the msot respected names in Health Promotion field not only in US but all over the world.
MTM proposed by Dr. Sharma - Well-outlined and easy to follow.
This is a well thought out research and it touches important constructs of health specific behavior theories. Dr. Sharma has demonstrated a very professional writing style that keeps the reader interested and his experience in this area of research is evident throughout the paper. Dr. Sharma has done a great job in providing a strong basis for choice of constructs for his proposed model. The evaluation of theoretical components is very clear and I must say that criticism is very easy to comprehend. This manuscript could be an excellent tool to learn development of health behavior theoretical model. However, as mentioned by Dr. Sharma, the utility of this theoretical model needs to be tested at both individual and population levels. I would like to request journal to figure out a way to put the connecting arrows in the figures; this will help in presenting how components relate to each other in this proposed theoretical model.
Thank you Dr. Nahar for your kind comments. I would like to invite you to test this theory for your research in a behavior of your choice with a target population of your liking. If I can be of any assitance please let me know.
I have over 25 years experience in health promotion.
Sure Dr. Sharma. I am very much interested. I would love to work with you.
First empirical test of multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change.
We would like to share our paper which has been recently published in Health Promotion Perspectives (open access). This research is the first to test Multi-theory Model in the health behavior research area. We used this model to predict initiation and sustenance of physical activity behavior change among college students.
Citation: Nahar VK, Sharma M, Catalano HP, Ickes MJ, Johnson P, Ford MA. Testing multi-theory model (MTM) in predicting initiation and sustenance of physical activity behavior among college students. Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(2):58-65. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.11.
Thanks for your interest in Multi-theory Model!
Sharma, M. (2017). Theoretical foundations of health education and health promotion. (3rd ed.) Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN# 978-1-2841-0494-3.
Sharma, M. (2016). A new theory for health behavior change: Implications for alcohol and drug education. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 60(1), 5-8.
Sharma, M., Catalano, H. P., Nahar, V. K., Lingam, V., Johnson, P., & Ford, M. A. (2016). Using multi-theory model of health behavior change to predict portion size consumption among college students. Health Promotion Perspectives, 6(3), 137-144. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.22.
Sharma, M., Knowlden, A. P., & Nahar, V. K. (2017). Applying a New Theory to Alter Binge Drinking Behavior in College Students. Family and Community Health, 40(1), 52-53.
Knowlden, A. P., Sharma, M., & Nahar, V. K. (2017). Using Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change to Predict Adequate Sleep Behavior. Family and Community Health, 40(1), 56-61.
Sharma, M., Catalano, H. P., Nahar, V. K., Lingam, V., Johnson, P., & Ford, M. A. (2017). Using multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to predict plain water consumption instead of sugar sweetened beverages. Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 17 (1), e00370.
Nahar, V. K., Sharma, M., Catalano, H. P., Ickes, M. J., Johnson, P., & Ford, M.A. (2016). Testing multi-theory model (MTM) in predicting initiation and sustenance of physical activity behavior among college students. Health Promotion Perspectives, 6(2), 58-65. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.11.
Sharma, M. (2016). A new theory for health behavior change: Implications for alcohol and drug education. [Editorial]. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 60(1), 5-8.
Sharma, M. (2016, Fall). A new theory for initiating and sustaining yoga-related behavior change. Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices (ICTHP) Section Newsletter of APHA, Section 3 (i).
Sharma, M. (2017). Theoretical foundations of health education and health promotion. (3rd ed., pp. 250-262) Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Sharma, M. (2017). Developing multipronged intervention protocols for childhood obesity prevention based on multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change: A mini review. Advances in Obesity, Weight Management & Control, 6(4), 00166. DOI: 10.15406/aowmc.2017.06.00166.
Sharma, M., Catalano, H. P., Nahar, V. K., Lingam, V., Johnson, P., & Ford, M. A. (2017). Using multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to predict water consumption instead of sugar sweetened beverages. Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 17 (1), e00370.
Sharma, M. & Nahar, V. K. (in press). New approach for promoting HPV vaccination in college men based on multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change. [Letter to the editor]. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene.
Hayes, T., Bridges, L., & Sharma, M. (2017). Developing and validating an instrument to measure change in binge drinking to responsible drinking in college students using multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change Proceedings of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 145, Session 4173. (Abstract available from: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2017/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/371330 ). To be presented in November 2017.
Brown, L., & Sharma, M. (2017). Using multi theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to predict fruits and vegetables consumption among African American women. Proceedings of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 145, Session 3248. (Abstract available from: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2017/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/374280). To be presented in November 2017.
Martin, B., Nahar, V. K., Boyas, J. F., Jacks, S. K., Brodell, R. T. & Sharma, M. (in press). Future application of multi-theory model of health behavior change for skin cancer prevention behaviors. The Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association.
Kim, R. W., Patterson, G., Nahar, V. K., & Sharma, M. (in press). Toward an evidence-based approach for stress management for veterinary students and professionals. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

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