A qualitative inquiry about weight counseling practices in community health centers

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-87

  Schauer, Gillian L ^a   Woodruff, Rebecca C ^a   Hotz, James ^b   Kegler, Michelle C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Albany Area Primary Health Care Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician counseling; Community health centers; Obesity; Primary care; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; COUNSELING; GEORGIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926258897     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.026     Document Type: Article

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