Recruitment Strategies and Costs for a Community-Based Physical Activity Program

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Peck, Lara E ^a   Sharpe, Patricia A ^a   Burroughs, Ericka L ^a   Granner, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention; physical activity; recruitment; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL MARKETING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL MARKETING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 51649111959     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906292819     Document Type: Article

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