Specialist health visitor-led weight management intervention in primary care: Exploratory evaluation

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-34

  Jackson, Cath ^a   Coe, Anne ^b   Cheater, Francine M ^a   Wroe, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Castleford and Normanton District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c New Southgate Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical research report; Obesity; Patient acceptability; Primary care; Primary health care; Specialist health visitor; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENGLAND; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 33947668833     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04226.x     Document Type: Article

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