Collaborative planning for formative assessment and cultural appropriateness in the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): A retrospection

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^a   Story, Mary ^b   Beech, Bettina M ^c   Sherwood, Nancy E ^b   Baranowski, Janice C ^d   Powell, Tiffany M ^e   Cullen, Karen W ^d   Owens, Ayisha S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cross cultural; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical Activity; Prevention; Program planning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STAFF TRAINING; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKSHOP; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OBESITY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037413051     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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