Behaviour change following a workplace health check: How much change occurs and who changes?

Health Promotion International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-139

  Hanlon, P ^a   Carey, L ^a   Tannahill, C ^b   Kelly, M ^b   Gilmour, H ^c   Tannahill, A ^d   Mcewen, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Education Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Health check; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031841426     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/13.2.131     Document Type: Article

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