Why is it not working? identifying barriers to the therapy of paediatric obesity in an intercultural setting

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-150

  Ciupitu, Carmen Cristina ^a   Babitsch, Birgit ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barriers to therapy; Child health; Ethnic diversity; Multi professional therapy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863971690     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493511403662     Document Type: Article

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