Louisiana (LA) Health: Design and methods for a childhood obesity prevention program in rural schools

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 783-795

  Williamson, Donald A ^a   Champagne, Catherine M ^a   Harsha, David ^a   Han, Hongmei ^a   Martin, Corby K ^a   Newton Jr , Robert ^a   Stewart, Tiffany M ^a   Ryan, Donna H ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cluster randomized design; Obesity prevention; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 49749083803     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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