Association of knowledge, preventive counseling and personal health behaviors on physical activity and consumption of fruits or vegetables in community health workers Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Florindo, Alex A ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^b   Mielke, Gregore I ^c   Gomes, Grace AO ^d   Parra, Diana C ^e   Siqueira, Fernando V ^c   Lobelo, Felipe ^f   Simoes, Eduardo J ^g   Ramos, Luiz R ^h   Bracco, Mário M ⁱ   Hallal, Pedro C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Consumption of fruits and vegetables; Knowledge; Personal behavior; Physical activity; Preventive counseling; Primary health care settings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928684040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1643-3     Document Type: Article

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