African american men's perspectives on promoting physical activity: We're not that difficult to figure out!

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1151-1170

  Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Hooker, Steven P ^b   Wilcox, Sara ^a   Burroughs, Ericka L ^a   Rheaume, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84870300557     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.665424     Document Type: Article

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