Acknowledging individual responsibility while emphasizing social determinants in narratives to promote obesity-reducing public policy: A randomized experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Niederdeppe, Jeff ^a   Roh, Sungjong ^a   Shapiro, Michael A ^a  

^a Department of Communication Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBESITY; POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NARRATION; OBESITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923781434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117565     Document Type: Article

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