State legislators' work on public health-related issues: What influences priorities?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-29

  Dodson, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Stamatakis, Katherine A ^c   Chalifour, Stephanie ^a   Haire Joshu, Debra ^a,b,d   McBride, Timothy ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^a,b,c,e  

^a Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

advocacy; dissemination; legislators; policymaking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870172203     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318246475c     Document Type: Article

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