Attitudes and practices of physicians and nurses regarding physical activity promotion in the Catalan primary health-care system

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 569-575

  Ribera, A P ^a   McKenna, J ^b   Riddoch, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Health promotion; Physical activity; Primary care; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TRAINING;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 29044444049     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki045     Document Type: Article

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