Differences in individual empowerment outcomes of socially disadvantaged women: Effects of mode of participation and structural changes in a physical activity promotion program

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 465-473

  Röger, Ulrike ^c   Rütten, Alfred ^a   Frahsa, Annika ^a   Abu Omar, Karim ^a   Morgan, Antony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Immigration; Integration; Social inequalities; Women's development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80955149504     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0214-8     Document Type: Article

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