The relationships between feelings of satisfaction and burden with respect to activity and social support among health promotion volunteers in Japan

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-287

  Murayama, Hiroshi ^a   Taguchi, Atsuko ^b   Murashima, Sachiyo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burden; Health promotion volunteer; Japan; Satisfaction; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77952139905     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109341782     Document Type: Article

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