Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian
There are numerous of health benefits accrued as a result of regular physical activity participation are well documented and include improvements in either physiological and psychological health status or known by quality of life. However, despite these benefits, some people fail to adopt physically...
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| author | Mohd. Hashim, Asha Hasnimy Zainuddin, Zainal Abidin Ibrahim, Halijah |
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| description | There are numerous of health benefits accrued as a result of regular physical activity participation are well documented and include improvements in either physiological and psychological health status or known by quality of life. However, despite these benefits, some people fail to adopt physically active lifestyle. There are many strategies in applying physically activity for health promotion. This involves phone coaching. Study from Curtis et. al. (2003) shows that phone coaching helps coached group increasing their daily physical activity by 52.4% compared to control group after four weeks of observation. Therefore, due to the incoming of mobile phone usage among Malaysian increase dramatically every year, we suggest to use phone coaching as
alternative to promote healthy lifestyles among Malaysians. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-25932017-08-24T04:28:54Z http://eprints.utm.my/2593/ Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian Mohd. Hashim, Asha Hasnimy Zainuddin, Zainal Abidin Ibrahim, Halijah H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) There are numerous of health benefits accrued as a result of regular physical activity participation are well documented and include improvements in either physiological and psychological health status or known by quality of life. However, despite these benefits, some people fail to adopt physically active lifestyle. There are many strategies in applying physically activity for health promotion. This involves phone coaching. Study from Curtis et. al. (2003) shows that phone coaching helps coached group increasing their daily physical activity by 52.4% compared to control group after four weeks of observation. Therefore, due to the incoming of mobile phone usage among Malaysian increase dramatically every year, we suggest to use phone coaching as alternative to promote healthy lifestyles among Malaysians. 2006-04-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/2593/1/Phone_coaching.pdf Mohd. Hashim, Asha Hasnimy and Zainuddin, Zainal Abidin and Ibrahim, Halijah (2006) Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian. In: Teluk Dangs International Games Convention 2006, 3-5 April 2006, Puteri Pacific Hotel, Johor Bahru. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Mohd. Hashim, Asha Hasnimy Zainuddin, Zainal Abidin Ibrahim, Halijah Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian |
| title | Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian |
| title_full | Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian |
| title_fullStr | Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian |
| title_short | Implementing Phone Coaching Method in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles among Malaysian |
| title_sort | implementing phone coaching method in promoting healthy lifestyles among malaysian |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/2593/1/Phone_coaching.pdf |
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