A school-based intervention to promote physical activity among adolescent girls: Rationale, design, and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Okely, Anthony D ^a   Cotton, Wayne G ^b   Lubans, David R ^c   Morgan, Philip J ^c   Puglisi, Lauren ^a   Miller, Judy ^d   Wright, Jan ^a   Batterham, Marijka J ^a   Peralta, Louisa R ^b   Perry, Janine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SPORTS;

EID: 80051788499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-658     Document Type: Article

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