Policy-Contribution Assessment and Field-Building Analysis of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Research Program

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Ottoson, Judith M ^a   Green, Lawrence W ^b   Beery, William L ^d   Senter, Sandra K ^d   Cahill, Carol L ^d   Pearson, David C ^d   Greenwald, Howard P ^c   Hamre, Robin ^e   Leviton, Laura ^a  

^a University of California San Francisco ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of Nutrition Physical Activity and Obesity   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149345579     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.10.010     Document Type: Review

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