The Los Angeles Lift Off: A sociocultural environmental change intervention to integrate physical activity into the workplace

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 848-856

  Yancey, Antronette K ^a,b,c   McCarthy, William J ^a,b   Taylor, Wendell C ^d   Merlo, Angela ^c,e   Gewa, Constance ^a,b   Weber, Mark D ^c   Fielding, Jonathan E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Latinos; Lifestyle change; Minority populations; Obesity control; Organizational change; Physical activity; Sociocultural environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DANCING; EMPLOYEE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSIC; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SITTING; SOCIOLOGY; STAFF; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2942582916     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.12.019     Document Type: Article

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