Strategies to promote the health of older people: An alternative to readiness stages

Family and Community Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Haber, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior management; Health promotion; Older adults; Readiness to change; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001929638     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199607000-00004     Document Type: Article

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