Variation in delivery of the 10 essential public health services by local health departments for obesity control in 2005 and 2008

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-61

  Luo, Huabin ^a,b   Sotnikov, Sergey ^b   Shah, Gulzar ^d   Galuska, Deborah A ^c   Zhang, Xinzhi ^c  

^a Mount Olive College   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

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

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

essential public health services; local health department; obesity control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OBESITY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84870170143     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31824dcd81     Document Type: Article

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