Barriers and enablers to managing obesity in general practice: A practical approach for use in implementation activities

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 39-103

  Gunther, Stephen ^a   Guo, Fenglin ^b   Sinfield, Paul ^b   Rogers, Stephen ^a   Baker, Richard ^b  

^a Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Barriers; Enablers; Nice guidelines; Obesity; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84862012996     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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