They think they know but do they? Misalignment of perceptions of lifestyle modification knowledge among health professionals

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1429-1438

  Parker, Whadi Ah ^a   Steyn, Nelia P ^a   Levitt, Naomi S ^b   Lombard, Carl J ^c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases of lifestyle; Health professionals; Knowledge; Lifestyle modification; Nutrition; Practices; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSES; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79960146830     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009993272     Document Type: Article

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