Determinants of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors in rural older women

Family and Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 49-72

  Pullen, Carol ^a   Walker, Susan Noble ^b   Fiandt, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Change attempts; Definition of health; Health promoting lifestyle; Living arrangements; Older women; Perceived health status; Provider counseling; Rural; Sources of health information

Indexed keywords

AGED; COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEBRASKA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE PERSON;

EID: 0035403811     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200107000-00008     Document Type: Article

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