Dissemination of a community-based physical activity project: The case of 10,000 steps

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 424-430

  Mummery, W Kerry ^a   Schofield, Grant ^b   Hinchliffe, Anetta ^a   Joyner, Kelly ^a   Brown, Wendy ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Pedometers; Web based interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WEB BROWSER; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748976750     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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