Physical activity promotion through primary health care in England.

K Fox, S Biddle, L Edmunds, I Bowler… - British Journal of General …, 1997 - bjgp.org
BACKGROUND: There is increasing research supporting the argument for a beneficial link
between physical activity and health maintenance and, in the past five years, this has led to …

How can and do Australian doctors promote physical activity?

FCL Bull, ECC Schipper, K Jamrozik, BA Blanksby - Preventive medicine, 1997 - Elsevier
Background. Physical inactivity is recognized as an important public health issue. Yet little is
known about doctors' knowledge, attitude, skills, and resources specifically relating to the …

Physical activity promotion in general practice: patient attitudes

S Dean, CR Elley, N Kerse - Australian Family Physician, 2007 - search.informit.org
BACKGROUND: Long term adherence to primary care physical activity intervention is poor.
This study explored attitudes and subjective experiences of those who received such an …

Physical activity promotion in primary care: bridging the gap between research and practice

EG Eakin, WJ Brown, AL Marshall, K Mummery… - American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: While a growing literature supports the effectiveness of physical activity
interventions delivered in the primary care setting, few studies have evaluated efforts to …

Maintaining quality in exercise referral schemes: a case study of professional practice

D Crone, L Johnston, T Grant - Primary Health Care Research & …, 2004 - cambridge.org
The epidemiological evidence regarding physical activity and health has triggered, within
health care, an interest in the development of physical activity promotion, in an attempt to …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity recommendations from general practitioners in Australia. Results from a national survey

CE Short, M Hayman, AL Rebar, KM Gunn… - Australian and New …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To identify subgroups of Australian adults likely to receive physical activity advice
from their general practitioner and to evaluate the content of the advice provided. Methods …

[PDF][PDF] Do primary care interventions to promote physical activity work

BJ Smith, D Merom, P Harris… - A systematic review of the …, 2002 - epicentro.iss.it
Aim: To determine whether interventions undertaken with patients in primary care settings
can be effective in increasing their physical activity participation. Methods: A systematic …

Promotion of physical activity in primary care: knowledge and practice of general practitioners and physiotherapists

EM Barrett, CD Darker, J Hussey - Journal of Public Health, 2013 - Springer
Aim Being physically active has many proven health benefits and promoting physical activity
to patients in primary care is an important component of public health programmes. This …

[HTML][HTML] The cost of changing physical activity behaviour: evidence from a" physical activity pathway" in the primary care setting

CEH Boehler, KE Milton, FC Bull, JA Fox-Rushby - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The'Physical Activity Care Pathway'(a Pilot for the'Let's Get
Moving'policy) is a systematic approach to integrating physical activity promotion into the …

Promoting physical activity in Australian general practices: a randomised trial of health promotion advice versus hypertension management

AL Marshall, ML Booth, AE Bauman - Patient education and counseling, 2005 - Elsevier
A randomised controlled trial was conducted to determine if physicians' advice to promote
physical activity to patients was more effective if the advice was tailored to the management …