Engaging patients, clinicians and health funders in weight management: The Counterweight Programme

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  McQuigg, Maria ^b   Brown, Jenny E ^b   Broom, J Iain ^b   Laws, Rachels A ^b   Reckless, John P D ^b   Noble, Paula A ^b   Kumar, Sudhesh ^b   McCombie, E Louise ^b   Lean, Mike E J ^b   Lyons, Felicity ^b   Mongia, Sarika ^b   Frost, Gary S ^a   Quinn, Marney F ^b   Barth, Julian H ^b   Haynes, Sarah M ^b   Finer, Nick ^b   Haslam, David W ^b   Ross, Hazel M ^b   Hole, David J ^b   Radziwonik, Steven ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Obesity management; Patient professional engagement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY WEIGHT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 65849443564     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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