Interventions to promote physical activity among African American women

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 321-335

  Banks Wallace, JoAnne ^a   Conn, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Cultural consistency; Intervention studies; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036715602     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19502.x     Document Type: Article

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