Bridging the gap between research and practice: an assessment of external validity of community-based physical activity programs in Bogotá, Colombia, and Recife, Brazil

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Paez, Diana C ^a,b   Reis, Rodrigo S ^c,d   Parra, Diana C ^a,e,f   Hoehner, Christine M ^g,h   Sarmiento, Olga L ^b   Barros, Mauro ⁱ   Brownson, Ross C ^a,g,h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Colombia; Community programs; Dissemination; Exercise; External validity; Physical activity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FUNDING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84924021976     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-014-0275-y     Document Type: Article

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