Evaluation of a nutrition education intervention for women residents of Washington, DC, public housing communities

Health Education Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-437

  Shankar, Sharada ^a   Klassen, Ann C ^a   Garrett Mayer, Elizabeth ^b   Houts, Peter S ^b   Wang, Ting ^a   McCarthy, Marlene ^a   Cain, Richard ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOUSING; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548447480     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl092     Document Type: Article

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