"I used to be as fit as a linnet" - Beliefs, attitudes, and environmental supportiveness for physical activity in former mining areas in the North-East of England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-118

  Rind, Esther ^a   Jones, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changing social and physical environments; England; Focus groups; Former mining communities; Industrial decline; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; LIFESTYLE; MINING INDUSTRY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COAL MINING; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920271906     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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