Engaging youth in food activism in New York city: Lessons learned from a youth organization, health department, and university partnership

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 809-827

  Tsui, Emma ^a   Bylander, Kim ^b   Cho, Milyoung ^c   Maybank, Aletha ^b   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Community health; Food environments; Local health department; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84868193625     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9684-8     Document Type: Article

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