The Devon Active Villages Evaluation (DAVE) trial: Study protocol of a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of a community-level physical activity intervention in rural southwest England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Solomon, Emma ^a   Rees, Tim ^a   Ukoumunne, Obioha C ^a   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community level intervention; Physical activity; Rural communities; Stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84864402261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-581     Document Type: Article

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