Key elements for church-based health promotion programs: Outcome-based literature review

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 401-411

  Peterson, Jane ^a,b   Atwood, Jan R ^a   Yates, Bernice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Church based programs; Health promotion; Midlife women; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRISTIANITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0036831420     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19602.x     Document Type: Article

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