Understanding the variability in the effectiveness of community heart health programs: A meta-analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1325-1339

  Sellers, Deborah E ^a   Crawford, Sybil L ^a   Bullock, Karen ^a   Mckinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Community interventions; Heart health

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEASUREMENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031000029     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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