Health promotion services for patients having non-comminicable diseases: Feedback from patients and health care providers in Cape Town, South Africa

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Parker, Whadi Ah ^a   Steyn, Nelia P ^a   Levitt, Naomi S ^b   Lombard, Carl J ^c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases of lifestyle; Health education materials; Health education methods; Lifestyle modification; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863213132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-503     Document Type: Article

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