Using the Concept of "Population Dose" in Planning and Evaluating Community-Level Obesity Prevention Initiatives

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-84

  Cheadle, Allen ^a   Schwartz, Pamela M ^b   Rauzon, Suzanne ^c   Bourcier, Emily ^d   Senter, Sandra ^d   Spring, Rebecca ^c   Beery, William L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

community level initiatives; evaluation; obesity prevention; strategy level impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873479215     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214012458824     Document Type: Review

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