Where you live matters: Challenges and opportunities to address the urban-rural divide through innovative secondary cardiac rehabilitation programs

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-177

  Sangster, Janice ^a,b   Furber, Susan ^a,c   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^d   Allman Farinelli, Margaret ^e   Redfern, Julie ^f,g   Bauman, Adrian ^d  

^a Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

^b Murrumbidgee Local Health District ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g George Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Obesity; Physical activity; Rural; Secondary prevention; Telephone program

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; URBAN POPULATION; HEART DISEASES;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84879446206     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12031     Document Type: Article

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