Nonresident african-american fathers' influence on sons' exercise intentions in the fathers and sons program

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-98

  Ellis, Katrina R ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a   Assari, Shervin ^a   De Loney, E Hill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Flint Odyssey House   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Exercise; Fathers; Health focus: physical activity; Intention; Intervention studies; Outcome measure: cognitive; Prevention research. manuscript format: research; Research purpose: intervention testing; Setting: family; Sons; Strategy: skill building behavior change; Study design: quasi experimental; Target population age: youth; Target population circumstances: African american

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EXERCISE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907959576     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.130417-QUAN-179     Document Type: Article

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