Opportunities and barriers to disease prevention counseling in the primary care setting: A multisite qualitative study with US health consumers

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-276

  Wolff, Lisa S ^a   Massett, Holly A ^b   Weber, Deanne ^c   Mockenhaupt, Robin E ^d   Hassmiller, Susan ^d   Maibach, Edward W ^e  

^a Research and Evaluation Department   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Porter Novelli   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic disease prevention; health behavior; health promotion; patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949504917     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq030     Document Type: Article

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