Developing an intervention to address physical activity barriers for African-American women in the deep south (USA)

Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-312

  Pekmezi, Dori ^a   Marcus, Bess ^b   Meneses, Karen ^a   Baskin, Monica L ^a   Ard, Jamy D ^c   Martin, Michelle Y ^a   Adams, Natasia ^a   Robinson, Cody ^a   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; exercise; health disparity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84877245228     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.13.20     Document Type: Article

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