A comparison of face-to-face or internet-delivered physical activity intervention on targeted determinants

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1051-1064

  Steele, Rebekah M ^a   Mummery, W K ^b   Dwyer, Trudy ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Equivalency testing; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450207084     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109335802     Document Type: Article

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