Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions. What are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 729-739

  MacDiarmid, Jennie I ^a   Loe, Jennifer ^a   Douglas, Flora ^b   Ludbrook, Anne ^b   Comerford, Caroline ^c   McNeill, Geraldine ^a,b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Nutrition; Policy; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NUTRITION POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955974530     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002168     Document Type: Review

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