Effect of a national programme of men's health delivered in English Premier League football clubs

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-26

  Pringle, A ^a   Zwolinsky, S ^a   McKenna, J ^a   Daly Smith, A ^a   Robertson, S ^a   White, A ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English Premier League; Football; Intervention; Men's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; MENS HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOTBALL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SELF REPORT; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872595209     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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