Numbers are not the whole story: A qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to increased physical activity in a primary care based walking intervention

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Normansell, Rebecca ^a   Smith, Jaime ^a   Victor, Christina ^b   Cook, Derek G ^a   Kerry, Sally ^c   Iliffe, Steve ^d   Ussher, Michael ^a   Fox Rushby, Julia ^b   Whincup, Peter ^a   Harris, Tess ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older adults; Pedometer intervention; Physical activity; Primary care; Qualitative research; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR; WALKING;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84924263966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1272     Document Type: Article

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