Barriers to recruitment of professionals into a general practice childhood obesity program

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-161

  Jones, Kay M ^a   Dixon, Maureen E ^a   Falkingham, Leah ^a   Piteman, Leon ^a   Dixon, John B ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79958182397     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10017     Document Type: Article

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