Increasing the use of preventative health services to promote healthy eating, physical activity and weight management: The acceptability and potential effectiveness of a proactive telemarketing approach

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wolfenden, Luke ^a,d   Wiggers, John ^a,b   Paul, Christine ^a   Freund, Megan ^a,c   Lecathelinais, Christophe ^b   Wye, Paula ^a,d   Gillham, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Health service utilization; Obesity; Physical activity; Telephone; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84868310528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-953     Document Type: Article

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