'Do as i say, but not as i do': Are next generation nurses role models for health?

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Blake, Holly ^a   Malik, Sumaira ^a   Mo, Phoenix K H ^b   Pisano, Charlotte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health; lifestyle; nurses; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80052746615     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913911402547     Document Type: Article

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