Provider and patient intervention to improve weight loss: A pilot study in a public hospital clinic

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^b   Bass, Pat F ^a   Arnold, Connie L ^a   Huang, Jian ^c   Kennen, Estela M ^a   Bocchini, Mary V ^a   Blondin, Joan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health literacy; Obesity; Patient education; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 44649098185     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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