Evaluating community capacity to address obesity in the Dan River region: A case study

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-217

  Motley, Monica ^a   Holmes, Ashley ^b   Hill, Jennie ^b   Plumb, Kathryn ^c   Zoellner, Jamie ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition; Community capacity; Community coalition action theory; Community based participatory Research; Obesity; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84865962314     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.2.8     Document Type: Article

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