Baseline behavioral assessment for the New Jersey Health Wellness Promotion Act

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 401-410

  Sheffet, Amiram M ^a   Ridlen, Sylvia ^b   Louria, Donald B ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Ridlen Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Insurance; Health Promotion; Health Promotion Prevalence; Healthcare Reminders; Prevention Research; Preventive Health Services

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEATBELT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING CESSATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33747112785     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-20.6.401     Document Type: Review

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