Salud America! developing a national Latino childhood obesity research agenda

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-260

  Ramirez, Amelie G ^a   Chalela, Patricia ^a   Gallion, Kipling J ^a   Green, Lawrence W ^b   Ottoson, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; Delphi survey; Latinos; national; obesity prevention; research agenda

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956141088     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110372333     Document Type: Article

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