Laefstael jenses: An investigation of barriers and facilitators for healthy lifestyles of women in an urban pacific island context

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-37

  Siefken, Katja ^a   Schofield, Grant ^a   Schulenkorf, Nico ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Focus groups; Non communicable diseases; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VANUATU; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VANUATU; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893053219     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0013     Document Type: Article

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