School performance, lack of facilities, and safety concerns: Barriers to parents' support of their children's physical activity

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 315-319

  Davison, Kirsten Krahnstoever ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier; Children; Ecological systems theory; Family; Health focus: Fitness physical activity; Manuscript format: Applied research brief; Outcome measure: Behavioral; Physical activity; Race ethnicity; Research purpose: Descriptive and instrument development; Setting: Family; Social support; Strategy: Education and skill building behavior change; Study design: Nonexperimental and qualitative; Target population age: Families and youth; Target population circumstances: Education income level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 70350717761     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.071119122     Document Type: Article

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