Development of the Community Healthy Living Index: A tool to foster healthy environments for the prevention of obesity and chronic disease

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Kim, Soowon ^a   Adamson, Katie Clarke ^b   Balfanz, Deborah R ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^c   Wiecha, Jean L ^d   Shepard, Dennis ^e   Alles, Wesley F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Government Relations and Policy   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e YMCA of the USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active living; Afterschool; Built environment; Community health; Healthy eating; Index; Neighborhood; Obesity; School; Work site

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTHY LIVING INDEX; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; EATING HABIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BICYCLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; WALKING;

EID: 73349092401     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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