Design and methodology of a community-based clusterrandomized controlled trial for dietary behaviour change in rural Kerala

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Daivadanam, Meena ^a,b   Wahlstrom, Rolf ^b   Ravindran, T K Sundari ^a   Sarma, P S ^a   Sivasankaran, S ^a   Thankappan, K R ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Behavioural intervention; Dietary intervention; Non communicable diseases; Nutrition; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; NUTRITION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAGES OF CHANGE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE; BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTION; DIETARY INTERVENTION; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; NUTRITION; STAGES OF CHANGE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84886261838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20993     Document Type: Article

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