Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 169-182 , June 2008

Middle-School Children’s Understanding of Physical Activity: “If You’re Moving, You’re Doing Physical Activity”

This research was presented, in part, at The Western Institute for Nursing, 38th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 8, 2005, and at the 23rd European Pediatric Work Physiology Conference, Thun, Switzerland, September 24, 2005.

  • Patricia F. Pearce, MPH, PhD, APRN-FNP

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Patricia F. Pearce, MPH, PhD, APRN-FNP, College of Nursing, University of Utah, 10 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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  • Joanne S. Harrell, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Robert G. McMurray, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

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doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.09.003

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 169-182 , June 2008

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