Well London Phase-1: Results among adults of a cluster-randomised trial of a community engagement approach to improving health behaviours and mental well-being in deprived inner-city neighbourhoods

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 606-614

  Phillips, Gemma ^a   Bottomley, Christian ^b   Schmidt, Elena ^a   Tobi, Patrick ^a   Lais, Shahana ^a   Yu, Ge ^a   Lynch, Rebecca ^c   Lock, Karen ^b   Draper, Alizon ^c   Moore, Derek ^a   Clow, Angela ^c   Petticrew, Mark ^b   Hayes, Richard ^b   Renton, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INNER CITY AREA; INVESTMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84901941451     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202505     Document Type: Article

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