A Profile of the Health-Promoting Behaviors of Physicians and Lawyers

A Profile of the Health-Promoting Behaviors of Physicians and Lawyers

The federal government has increased its activities directed toward health promotion and disease prevention.* We carried out a pilot survey of a random sample of Massachusetts physicians and lawyers to obtain a profile of the personal health-promoting behaviors in the two professional groups. Method...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 1980-07, Vol.303 (2), p.104-107
Hauptverfasser: Wyshak, Grace, Lamb, George A, Lawrence, Robert S, Curran, William J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking
Attorneys
Behavior
Diet
Disease prevention
Female
Firearms
Health Promotion
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Income
Job Satisfaction
Jurisprudence
Male
Massachusetts
Middle Aged
Personal health
Physical Exertion
Physicians
Pilot Projects
Recreation
Religion
Response rates
Risk
Seat Belts
Sleep
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Sports
Vacations
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Zusammenfassung:The federal government has increased its activities directed toward health promotion and disease prevention.* We carried out a pilot survey of a random sample of Massachusetts physicians and lawyers to obtain a profile of the personal health-promoting behaviors in the two professional groups. Methods A questionnaire was sent to random samples of lawyers from the 1978 roster of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners and of physicians from the 1978 computerized list of licensed and registered physicians in the state, obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. We used a random-number generator to select the samples. Out-of-state residents appearing . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198007103030210