Understanding factors influencing vulnerable older people keeping warm and well in winter: A qualitative study using social marketing techniques

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tod, Angela Mary ^a   Lusambili, Adelaide ^a   Homer, Catherine ^b   Abbott, Joanne ^b   Cooke, Joanne Mary ^c   Stocks, Amanda Jayne ^d   McDaid, Kathleen Anne ^e  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Rotherham   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d AJ Stocks Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e National Energy Action   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 84864225383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000922     Document Type: Article

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