Educating health care professionals in advocacy for childhood obesity prevention in their communities: Integrating public health and primary care in the be our voice project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  McPherson, Marianne E ^a   Mirkin, Rachelle ^a   Heatherley, Priya Nair ^a   Homer, Charles J ^a  

^a National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864359923     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300833     Document Type: Article

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