Overview of the Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) intervention for promoting physical activity in primary health care settings

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1086-1096

  King, Abby C ^a   Sallis, James F ^a   Dunn, Andrea L ^a   Simons Morton, Denise G ^a   Albright, Cheryl A ^a   Cohen, Stuart ^a   Rejeski, W Jack ^a   Marcus, Bess H ^a   Coday, Mace C ^a  

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Author keywords

Behavioral interventions; Clinical trial; Exercise; Physical fitness; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COUNSELING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031818288     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199807000-00011     Document Type: Review

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