Putting context in the statistics: Paediatricians' experiences discussing obesity during office visits

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 416-423

  Barlow, Sarah E ^a,b   Richert, M ^b   Baker, E A ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Health professionals; Obesity; Paediatricians paediatricians; Patient centred care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBESITY; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250379159     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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