Reasons for participating and not participating in a e-health workplace physical activity intervention a qualitative analysis

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 229-246

  Bardus, Marco ^a   Blake, Holly ^b   Lloyd, Scott ^c   Suggs, L Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c REDCAR AND CLEVELAND BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Exercise; Health promotion paper type research paper; Qualitative research; Workplace health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGER; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEHEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84915752498     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: 1753836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJWHM-11-2013-0040     Document Type: Article

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