Can a motivational intervention overcome an unsupportive environment for walking-findings from the step-by-step study

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-146

  Merom, Dafna ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^a   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^a   Cerin, Ester ^b   Kassis, Mazen ^c   Brown, Wendy ^d   Smith, Ben J ^e   Rissel, Chris ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention; Perceived environment; Randomized control trial; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING;

EID: 73349105580     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-009-9138-z     Document Type: Article

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