Children's perceptions of TV and health behavior effects

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-294

  Kennedy, Christine M ^a,b   Strzempko, Fran ^a,b   Danford, Cynthia ^a,b   Kools, Susan ^a,b  

^a Alpha Eta   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Focus groups; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 0036043522     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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