Knowledge of UK physical activity guidelines: Implications for better targeted health promotion

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-39

  Hunter, Ruth F ^a   Tully, Mark A ^a   Donnelly, Paul ^b   Stevenson, Michael ^a   Kee, Frank ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Policy Planning and Research Sport Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlates; Health promotion; Knowledge; Physical activity; UK Physical Activity Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTHERN IRELAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900463115     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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