Mobile health unit for minority obesity education: Local residents' attitudes and perceptions

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1792-1796

  Rodríguez, José E ^a,b   Burg, Jean R ^c   Brown, L Steven ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (United States)

^c North Bronx Healthcare Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Community medicine; Minority health; Mobile health unit; Obesity education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY;

EID: 33845370555     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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