Developing a national physical activity plan: The Kuwait example

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Ramadan, Jasem ^a   Vuori, Ilkka ^b   Lankenau, Becky ^c   Schmid, Tom ^c   Pratt, Michael ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

health promotion; non communicable diseases; physical activity plan; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79959501420     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975910365230     Document Type: Article

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