Evaluating the impact of a school-based health intervention using a randomized field experiment

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-56

  Greve, Jane ^a   Heinesen, Eskil ^a  

^a 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Difference in differences; Fixed effects; Health information; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; DENMARK; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84937467850     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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