Factors associated with participation in work-site wellness programs: Implications for increasing willingness among rural service employees

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 502-509

  Middlestadt, Susan E ^a   Sheats, Jylana L ^a   Geshnizjani, Alireza ^a   Sullivan, Margaret R ^a   Arvin, Christopher S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reasoned Action Approach; service workers; work site wellness; work site wellness program participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; UNIVERSITIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80052960463     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110384469     Document Type: Article

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