The empowerment of low-income parents engaged in a childhood obesity intervention

Family and Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-118

  Jurkowski, Janine M ^a   Lawson, Hal A ^a   Green Mills, Lisa L ^a   Wilner, Paul G ^a   Davison, Kirsten K ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity prevention; Community based participatory research; Empowerment; Health disparities; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894667445     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: 15505057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000024     Document Type: Article

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