ParticipACTION: Awareness of the participACTION campaign among Canadian adults - Examining the knowledge gap hypothesis and a hierarchy-of-effects model

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Spence, John C ^a   Brawley, Lawrence R ^b   Craig, Cora L ^c,d   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Tremblay, Mark S ^e   Bauman, Adrian ^d   Faulkner, Guy E J ^f   Chad, Karen ^b   Clark, Marianne I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 73149097216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-85     Document Type: Article

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