Why do people with suboptimal health avoid health promotion at work?

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-55

  Persson, Roger ^a   Cleal, Bryan ^b   Bihal, Tina ^a   Hansen, Sofie Mandrup ^a   Jakobsen, Mette Øllgaard ^a   Villadsen, Ebbe ^a   Andersen, Lars L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers; Health promotion; Motivation; Police; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84865339021     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.1.5     Document Type: Article

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