Recruitment and Retention Strategies for a Community-Based Weight Management Study for Multi-Ethnic Elementary School Children and Their Parents

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-86

  Berry, Diane C ^a   Neal, Madeline ^a   Hall, Emily Gail ^a   McMurray, Robert G ^a   Schwartz, Todd A ^a   Skelly, Anne H ^a   Smith Miller, Cherie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity management; Parents; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84872173245     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12003     Document Type: Article

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