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General Practitioners' Views and Experiences of Counselling for Physical Activity Through the New Zealand Green Prescription Program

Patel, A; Schofield, GM; Kolt, GS; Keogh, JW
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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.
Keywords
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
Date
2011
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BMC family practice, 12(1), 119.
Item Type
Journal Article
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BioMed Central
DOI
10.1186/1471-2296-12-119
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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/12/119
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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.

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