Perspectives on obesity and barriers to control from workers at a community center serving low-income Hispanic children and families

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-36

  Chatterjee, Nilesh ^a   Blakely, Debra E ^b   Barton, Casey ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RUNNING; TIME MANAGEMENT; WALKING;

EID: 14644395559     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn2201_3     Document Type: Review

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