The medically underserved: Who is likely to exercise and why?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 276-289

  Schrop, Susan Labuda ^a   Pendleton, Brian F ^b   McCord, Gary ^a   Gil, Karen M ^c   Stockton, LuAnne ^a   McNatt, Joshua ^d   Gilchrist, Valerie J ^e  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AULTMAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health promotion; Medically underserved; Preventive health; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OHIO; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33745014612     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0069     Document Type: Article

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