Urban fitness centers: Removing barriers to promote exercise in underserved communities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-228

  Choitz, Paul ^a   Johnson, Michael P ^b   Berhane, Zekarias ^c   Lefever, Grace ^d   Anderson, Jennifer K ^d   Eiser, Arnold R ^e,f  

^a Mercy Health System of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHSSP)   (United States)

^b MERCY CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MHSSP ^*  (United States)

^e CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Obesity; Physical activity; Underserved

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77249089850     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0239     Document Type: Article

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