Using the community readiness model to select communities for a community-wide obesity prevention intervention

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sliwa, Sarah ^a   Goldberg, Jeanne P ^a   Clark, Valerie ^a   Collins, Jessica ^b   Edwards, Ruth ^c   Hyatt, Raymond R ^d   Junot, Bridgid ^a   Nahar, Elizabeth ^a   Nelson, Miriam E ^a   Tovar, Alison ^a   Economos, Christina D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Partners for a Healthier Community   (United States)

^c FlashStone Research and Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856479179     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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