A community assessment to inform a multilevel intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and risk disparities in a rural community

Family and Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-146

  Pitts, Stephanie B Jilcott ^a   Vu, Maihan B ^b   Garcia, Beverly A ^b   McGuirt, Jared T ^b   Braxton, Danielle ^b   Hengel, Constance E ^e   Huff, Joey V ^f   Keyserling, Thomas C ^b,d   Ammerman, Alice S ^b,c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Lenoir Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^f Lenoir County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

community assessment; formative evaluation; health disparities; policy and environmental change; rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84874851055     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: 15505057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31828212be     Document Type: Article

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