Disseminating Policy and Environmental Change Interventions: Insights from Obesity Prevention and Tobacco Control

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-311

  Leeman, Jennifer ^a   Myers, Allison E ^b   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,b,c   Ammerman, Alice S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Evidence based practice; Obesity prevention; Public health; Research translation; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO;

EID: 84930081418     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-014-9427-1     Document Type: Article

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