Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change in the Mississippi Delta: Considerations for Evaluation Design

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-66

  Kegler, Michelle C ^a   Honeycutt, Sally ^a   Davis, Melvin ^b   Dauria, Emily ^a   Berg, Carla ^a   Dove, Cassandra ^c   Gamble, Abigail ^d   Hawkins, Jackie ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; community health promotion; outcome evaluation; process evaluation; social ecology

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RELIGION; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MISSISSIPPI; POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84926372868     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114568428     Document Type: Article

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