General Practitioners' Views and Experiences of Counselling for Physical Activity Through the New Zealand Green Prescription Program
General Practitioners' Views and Experiences of Counselling for Physical Activity Through the New Zealand Green Prescription Program
Date
2011
Authors
Patel, A
Schofield, GM
Kolt, GS
Keogh, JW
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Journal Article
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BioMed Central
Abstract
Regular physical activity is beneficial in both the prevention and management of chronic health conditions. A large proportion of adult New Zealanders, however, are insufficiently active. To help increase population levels of physical activity in New Zealand the Green Prescription, a primary care physical activity scripting program, was developed. The primary aim of this study was to identify why general practitioners (GPs) counsel for physical activity and administer Green Prescriptions. A secondary aim was to examine GPs' views and experiences of Green Prescription counselling for the management of depression.
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Adult , Attitude of Health Personnel , Counseling , Female , General Practice , Healthy People Programs , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Motor Activity , New Zealand , Physician's Practice Patterns , Questionnaires
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BMC family practice, 12(1), 119.
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© 2011 Patel et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.