Municipal officials' perceived barriers to consideration of physical activity in community design decision making

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3 E-SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Goins, Karin Valentine ^a   Schneider, Kristin L ^b   Brownson, Ross ^c,d   Carnoske, Cheryl ^c   Evenson, Kelly R ^e   Eyler, Amy ^c   Heinrich, Katie ^f   Litt, Jill ^g,h   Lyn, Rodney ⁱ   Maddock, Jay ^j   Reed, Hannah ^g   Tompkins, Nancy O'Hara ^k   Lemon, Stephenie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

environment; physical activity; planning; policy

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876163782     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318284970e     Document Type: Article

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