Women's walking program for African American Women: Expectations and recommendations from participants as experts

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 566-582

  Ingram, Diana ^a   Wilbur, Joellen ^a   Mcdevitt, Judith ^b   Buchholz, Susan ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Physical activity; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING;

EID: 80053462297     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.606357     Document Type: Article

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