Using a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Develop a Faith-Based Obesity Intervention for African American Children

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 811-822

  Davis, Dawnavan S ^a   Goldmon, Moses V ^b   Coker Appiah, Dionne S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Shaw University Divinity School   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; childhood obesity; churches; community based participatory research; interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHRISTIANITY; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857736717     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839910376162     Document Type: Article

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