Application of the community readiness model for childhood obesity prevention: Special features: Theory

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 565-570

  Findholt, Nancy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Community Readiness Model; Qualitative research; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; OREGON; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 35549004576     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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