'It is fun, fitness and football really': a process evaluation of a football-based health intervention for men

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-439

  Robertson, Steve ^a   Zwolinsky, Steve ^a   Pringle, Andrew ^a   McKenna, James ^a   Daly Smith, Andrew ^a   White, Alan ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competitiveness; health intervention; health promotion; masculinity; men's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889687239     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2013.831372     Document Type: Article

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