Increasing Physical Activity Among Church Members. Community-Based Participatory Research

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Wilcox, Sara ^a   Laken, Marilyn ^b   Bopp, Melissa ^d   Gethers, Octavia ^b   Huang, Peng ^b   McClorin, Lottie ^a   Parrott, Allen W ^c   Swinton, Rosetta ^b   Yancey, Antronette ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c 7th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church ^*  (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIGION; VEGETABLE;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33846332031     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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