Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: A mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Redsell, Sarah A ^a   Atkinson, Philippa J ^b   Nathan, Dilip ^c   Siriwardena, Aloysius N ^d   Swift, Judy A ^a   Glazebrook, Cris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Nottingham City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959387855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-54     Document Type: Article

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