Fifty communities putting prevention to work: Accelerating chronic disease prevention through policy, systems and environmental change

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1081-1090

  Bunnell, Rebecca ^a   O'Neil, Dara ^b   Soler, Robin ^a   Payne, Rebecca ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Collins, Janet ^c   Bauer, Ursula ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease prevention; Community health; Environmental change; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; Policy; System; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866734780     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9542-3     Document Type: Article

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