Physical activity counseling in primary care: Who has and who should be counseling?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 6-20

  Tulloch, Heather ^a   Fortier, Michelle ^a   Hogg, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counseling; Interdisciplinary; Physical activity; Primary care

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749039885     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.10.010     Document Type: Review

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