What evidence and support do state-level public health practitioners need to address obesity prevention

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-196

  Leeman, Jennifer ^a   Teal, Randall ^a   Jernigan, Jan ^b   Reed, Jenica Huddleston ^c   Farris, Rosanne ^d   Ammerman, Alice ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence Based Practice; Obesity Prevention; Prevention Research; Public Health

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892614642     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.120518-QUAL-266     Document Type: Article

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