Increasing heart-health lifestyles in deprived communities: Economic evaluation of lay health trainers

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 835-840

  Barton, Garry R ^a   Goodall, Mark ^b   Bower, Peter ^c   Woolf, Sue ^a   Capewell, Simon ^b   Gabbay, Mark B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; cost effectiveness; lay health trainer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LAY HEALTH TRAINER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; POVERTY AREAS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84863328321     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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