Marketing public health through older adult volunteering: Experience corps as a social marketing intervention

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-734

  Tan, Erwin J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Tanner, Elizabeth K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Seeman, Teresa E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Xue, Qlan Li ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Rebok, George W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Frick, Kevin D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Carlson, Michelle C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Wang, Tao ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Piferi, Rachel L ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   McGill, Sylvia ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Whitfield, Keith E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Fried, Linda P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Greater Homewood Community Corporation   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Columbia Universitu ^*  (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; BALTIMORE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL WELFARE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77949482552     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.169151     Document Type: Article

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