Evaluating communitywide walking interventions

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-259

  Reger Nash, Bill ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Cooper, Linda ^a   Chey, Tien ^b   Simon, Kenneth J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Intervention study; Mass media; Physical activity; Population based; Social marketing; Walking

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COMMUNITY CARE; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING;

EID: 33748424972     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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