Tailoring counselling on physical activity and inactivity for African American women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Whitt, Melicia C ^a   Kumayika, Shiriki K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Inactivity; Physician counselling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036726599     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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