Kaiser permanente's community health initiative in northern california: Evaluation findings and lessons learned

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cheadle, Allen ^a   Rauzon, Suzanne ^b   Spring, Rebecca ^b   Schwartz, Pamela M ^c   Gee, Scott ^c   Gonzalez, Esmeralda ^d   Ravel, Jodi ^c   Reilly, Coire ^e   Taylor, Anthony ^f   Williamson, Dana ^c  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Stanislaus County Health Services Agency   (United States)

^e West County HEAL   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health initiatives; Environmental change; Obesity prevention; Prevention research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871800299     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.111222-QUAN-462     Document Type: Article

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