Let's face it: Patient and parent perspectives on incorporating a facebook group into a multidisciplinary weight management program

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-310

  Woolford, Susan J ^a   Esperanza Menchaca, Alicia D M ^b   Sami, Areej ^a   Blake, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84881094161     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2013.0047     Document Type: Article

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