Employee health fair data: Evidence for planning health promotion programs

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 255-263

  Wynd, Christine A ^b   Cihlar, Claudia ^a   Graor, Christine Heifner ^a   Imani, Julie ^a   McDougal, Myrna ^a  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ursuline College   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced nursing practice; Clinical nurse specialists; Health promotion; Hospital employees; Perceptions of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FAIRS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 35848944691     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000289751.85489.46     Document Type: Article

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