A brief intervention to increase physical activity in sedentary working women

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-91

  Purath, Janet ^a   Miller, Arlene Michaels ^b   McCabe, George ^a   Wilbur, JoEllen ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Nursing managed centre; Physical activity; Tailoring; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WALKING; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 1942474627     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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