Recommendations to improve physical activity among teenagers- A qualitative study with ethnic minority and European teenagers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Brophy, Sinead ^a   Crowley, Annie ^b   Mistry, Rupal ^c   Hill, Rebecca ^a   Choudhury, Sopna ^d   Thomas, Non E ^a   Rapport, Frances ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Africa Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Vauxhall   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnic minority; focus groups; Physical activity; qualitative; teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMALIA; WALES;

EID: 79957647014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-412     Document Type: Article

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