Veterans service organization engagement in 'POWER,' a peer-led hypertension intervention

Chronic Illness

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-264

  Mosack, Katie E ^a   Wendorf, Angela R ^a   Brouwer, Amanda M ^a   Patterson, Leslie ^b   Ertl, Kristyn ^c   Whittle, Jeff ^c   Morzinski, Jeff ^b   Fletcher, Kathlyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Clement J Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

health intervention; Hypertension; peer led intervention; veterans; veterans service organizations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SELF CARE; VETERANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84869026621     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395312437978     Document Type: Article

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