Paediatric nurses' attitudes towards the promotion of healthy eating

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 108-112

  Blake, Holly ^a   Patterson, Joanna ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health behaviours; Health promotion; Nurses; Paediatric; Role models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; PEDIATRIC NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921713729     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.2.108     Document Type: Article

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