Walter M Bortz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3528923 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walter M Bortz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walter M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bortz |
| SIGNATURE | BORTZ W M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Palo Alto Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0936-4164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Biological Basis of Determinants of Health
Clinical medicine and health policy planning find common cause as they seek to define the determinants of health. There is substantial recent interest in the social ecology in which health is embedded. However, biology is where these contributing environmental factors are translated. I provide a new conceptual framework for the biological determinants of health. The old public health rubric of host, agent, and environment as the features that def…
Factors Associated with Enrollment of Older Adults into a Physical Activity Promotion Program
This article investigates the extent to which a proactive two-phased recruitment approach resulted in recruitment of a representative sample of older adults from two lower income congregate housing facilities into a physical activity promotion program. Enrollees were similar to nonenrollees with respect to education, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, self-rated health, physical functioning, psychological distress, exercise frequency, level …
Physical exercise as an evolutionary force
Physical exercise as an evolutionary force
Factors Associated with Enrollment of Older Adults into a Physical Activity Promotion Program
This article investigates the extent to which a proactive two-phased recruitment approach resulted in recruitment of a representative sample of older adults from two lower income congregate housing facilities into a physical activity promotion program. Enrollees were similar to nonenrollees with respect to education, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, self-rated health, physical functioning, psychological distress, exercise frequency, level …
Physical exercise as an evolutionary force
Factors Associated with Enrollment of Older Adults into a Physical Activity Promotion Program
This article investigates the extent to which a proactive two-phased recruitment approach resulted in recruitment of a representative sample of older adults from two lower income congregate housing facilities into a physical activity promotion program. Enrollees were similar to nonenrollees with respect to education, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, self-rated health, physical functioning, psychological distress, exercise frequency, level …
Biological Basis of Determinants of Health
Clinical medicine and health policy planning find common cause as they seek to define the determinants of health. There is substantial recent interest in the social ecology in which health is embedded. However, biology is where these contributing environmental factors are translated. I provide a new conceptual framework for the biological determinants of health. The old public health rubric of host, agent, and environment as the features that def…
Psychology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Adaptation (eye) (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Bioinformatics (1 work) · Biomedicine (1 work) · Clinical Psychology (1 work)