Process evaluation of an up-scaled community based child obesity treatment program: NSW Go4Fun®

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Welsby, Debra ^a   Nguyen, Binh ^b   O'Hara, Blythe J ^b   Innes Hughes, Christine ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child obesity; Process evaluation; Translational research; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84893708169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-140     Document Type: Article

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