Wheeling Walks: A community campaign using paid media to encourage walking among sedentary older adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-292

  Reger, Bill ^a   Cooper, Linda ^a   Booth Butterfield, Steven ^b   Smith, Holli ^c   Bauman, Adrian ^c   Wootan, Margo ^d   Middlestadt, Susan ^e   Marcus, Bess ^f   Greer, Felicia ^g  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Center for Science in the Public Interest   (United States)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Ohio University Eastern   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Exercise; Health behavior; Health education; Mass media; Models, theoretical; Primary prevention; Public relations; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SITTING; TELEPHONE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 0036387041     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1074     Document Type: Article

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