AAbstract
This article introduces commitment to health as a middle-range. Commitment to health (CTH) is derived from Prochaska and DiClemente's (1983) Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. CTH theory is designed to predict the likelihood of behavior change between the action and maintenance stages of change. Commitment is defined as a freely chosen internal resolve to perform health behaviors, even when encumbered or inconvenienced by difficulties. Health is defined as the optimal level of well-being. Commitment is an independent continuous variable, but it can be categorized into three time-oriented categories: (1) low-level, (2) middle-level, and (3) high-level commitment. The higher the level of commitment, the more likely the individual will adopt long-term behavior change. This article presents the definitions, assumptions, and relational statements of CTH. programs and maximizing the focus on organizational operations.
Such training and know-how transfer activities should be taken primarily by the leading academic and Transport research Organizations themselves and aimed at all European transport researchers. These activities, if put on a permanent and more institutionalized format, will form the European transport research training and know-how transfer system, that would consist of the following suggested main elements: