Preliminary study of a school-based program to improve hypertension awareness in the community

Family Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-270

  Viera, Anthony J ^a,b   Garrett, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 43149105171     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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