Presentation of body mass index within an electronic health record to improve weight assessment and counselling in children and adolescents

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-244

  Shaikh, Ulfat ^a   Nelson, Rachel ^a   Tancredi, Daniel ^a   Byrd, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Assessment; Body mass index; Child; Computerised medical record system; Counselling; Diagnosis; Documentation; Medical records; Obesity; Overweight; Paediatrics; Primary health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054994602     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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