Impact evaluation of the Northern Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Programme - A cluster-randomised controlled trial

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2199-2208

  He, Meizi ^a,b   Beynon, Charlene ^a   Sangster Bouck, Michelle ^a   St Onge, Renée ^a   Stewart, Susan ^a   Khoshaba, Linda ^a   Horbul, Betty A ^c   Chircoski, Bill ^c  

^a Public Health Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Porcupine Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster randomised controlled trial; Elementary school aged children; Fruit; Intervention; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 75149171340     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005801     Document Type: Article

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