Ready to be physically active? The effects of a course preparing low-income multiethnic women to be more physically active

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-64

  Collins, Rakale ^a   Lee, Rebecca E ^b   Albright, Cheryl L ^c   King, Abby C ^d  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnic minority women; Exercise; Intervention studies; Physical activity; Transtheoretical model; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT T TEST; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1442327585     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198103255529     Document Type: Article

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