Assessment and Outcomes of HealthPartners 10,000 Steps® Program in an Academic Work Site

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 741-750

  Speck, Rebecca M ^a   Hill, Rhonda K ^b   Pronk, Nico P ^c   Becker, Mark P ^d   Schmitz, Kathryn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Arkansas Center for Health Improvement   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health promotion; physical activity; work site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNIVERSITIES; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79952114295     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839908330745     Document Type: Article

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