Mainstreaming prevention: Prescribing fruit and vegetables as a brief intervention in primary care

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 981-986

  Kearney, Matt ^a,b   Bradbury, C ^c   Ellahi, B ^c   Hodgson, M ^a   Thurston, M ^c  

^a Castlefields Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Five a day; Fruit and vegetable prescription; Mainstreaming prevention; Public health in primary care

Indexed keywords

DIET; HEALTH AND DISEASE; MANAGEMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SATISFACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 27144472875     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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