Population-based worksite obesity management interventions: A qualitative case study

Population Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Romney, Martha C ^a   Thomson, Erin ^a   Kash, Kathryn ^a  

^a JEFFERSON COLLEGE OF POPULATION HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WELLBEING;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MARKETING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79959419338     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0017     Document Type: Article

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