Development and Implementation of a Food Store–Based Intervention to Improve Diet in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 396-405

  Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Dyckman, William ^b   Tan, May Lynn ^c   Boggs, Malia K ^d   Frick, Kevin D ^a   Alfred, Julie ^e   Winch, Peter J ^a   Haberle, Heather ^f   Palafox, Neal A ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives initiative ^*  (United States)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^e Nutrition and Diabetes Prevention Program   (Marshall Islands)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; food stores; formative research; Micronesia; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING;

FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MICRONESIA; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 35948972666     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905278620     Document Type: Article

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