Combating obesity at community health centers (COACH): A quality improvement collaborative for weight management programs

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 47-60

  Wilkes, Abigail E ^a   John, Priya M ^a   Vable, Anusha M ^b   Campbell, Amanda ^c   Heuer, Loretta ^d   Schaefer, Cynthia ^e   Vinci, Lisa ^a   Drum, Melinda L ^a   Chin, Marshall H ^a   Quinn, Michael T ^a   Burnet, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mid West Clinicians' Network Inc   (United States)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health centers; Obesity; Primary care; Quality improvement collaborative; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84878429459     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0101     Document Type: Article

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