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Promoting walking in older adults: Perceived neighborhood walkability influences the effectiveness of motivational messages

Positively-framed messages seem to promote walking in older adults better than negatively-framed messages. This study targeted elderly people in communities unfavorable to walking. Walking was measured with pedometers during baseline (one week) and intervention (four weeks). Participants (n = 74) we...

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Published in:J Health Psychol
Main Authors: Notthoff, Nanna, Carstensen, Laura L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4879110/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26604128
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105315616470
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