Learning what matters for patients: Qualitative evaluation of a health promotion program for those with serious mental illness

Health Promotion International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Shiner, Brian ^a,b   Whitley, Rob ^a,c   Van Citters, Aricca D ^b,d   Pratt, Sarah I ^a,d   Bartels, Stephen J ^a,b,d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Exercise; Health promotion; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 50849112404     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dan018     Document Type: Article

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