Physical activity counseling in primary health care in Brazil: A national study on prevalence and associated factors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Florindo, Alex Antonio ^a   Mielke, Gregore Iven ^b   Gomes, Grace Angélica De Oliveira ^c   Ramos, Luiz Roberto ^d   Bracco, Mário Maia ^e   Parra, Diana C ^f   Simoes, Eduardo J ^g   Lobelo, Felipe ^h   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^g University of Missouri   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Knowledge; Nurses; Physical activity counseling; Physical activity promotion; Physicians; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING PROCESS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING PROCESS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84883151852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-794     Document Type: Article

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