The Healthy Hawaii Initiative: A social ecological approach promoting healthy communities

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-313

  Nigg, Claudio ^a   Maddock, Jay ^a   Yamauchi, Jessica ^a   Pressler, Virginia ^b   Wood, Betty ^c   Jackson, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN   (United States)

^c HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Intervention Testing; Nonexperimental Design; Nutrition; Physical Activity; Policy; Prevention Research; Public Education; Short and Long Term Outcomes; Smoking Control; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14744285814     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-19.4.310     Document Type: Article

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