The influence of primary health care professionals in encouraging exercise and physical activity uptake among White and South Asian older adults: Experiences of young older adults

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Horne, Maria ^a   Skelton, Dawn ^b   Speed, Shaun ^a   Todd, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Older adults; Physical activity; Primary health care; Qualitative research; White South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGEISM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70649091378     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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