Behavior change interventions to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations: A tool kit of adaptation approaches

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 811-851

  Davidson, Emma M ^a   Liu, Jing Jing ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^a   White, Martin ^b   Johnson, Mark R D ^c   Netto, Gina ^d   Wabnitz, Cecile ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; ethnicity; exercise; race; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHINESE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIET; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; RACE; SMOKING CESSATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84887824552     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12034     Document Type: Article

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