Social network diagnostics: A tool for monitoring group interventions

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gesell, Sabina B ^a   Barkin, Shari L ^b   Valente, Thomas W ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Group interventions; Obesity; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TENNESSEE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884965353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-116     Document Type: Article

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