Finding targets for obesity intervention in urban communities: School-based health centers and the interface with affected youth

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 571-583

  Trent, Maria ^a   Jennings, Jacky M ^a   Waterfield, Gerry ^b   Lyman, Lisa M ^c   Thomas, Helen ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Obesity; School health; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BALTIMORE; BODY MASS INDEX; CENSUSES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67650732435     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9355-6     Document Type: Article

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