Physical fitness and mental health impact of a sport-for-development intervention in a post-conflict setting: Randomised controlled trial nested within an observational study of adolescents in Gulu, Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Richards, Justin ^a   Foster, Charlie ^a   Townsend, Nick ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Low income country; Mental health; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Post conflict; Sport for development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POVERTY AREAS; SPORTS; UGANDA;

EID: 84902300860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-619     Document Type: Article

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