Community Capacity Building

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 232-242

  Bell, Colin ^a   Elliott, Eva ^b   Simmons, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community capacity building children obesity prevention; Community capacity building improving group capacities; Community capacity building raising health risks community awareness; Community capacity building and health promotion in children; Community decision making structure development; Community identity and cohesion foster strategies; Education and health literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878444922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318517.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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