Why don't stage-based activity promotion interventions work?

Health Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Adams, J ^a   White, M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 16244367129     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg105     Document Type: Article

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