Tu Salud, ¡Si Cuenta!: Exposure to a community-wide campaign and its associations with physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption among individuals of Mexican descent

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-106

  Reininger, Belinda M ^a   Mitchell Bennett, Lisa ^a   Lee, MinJae ^b   Gowen, Rose Z ^a   Barroso, Cristina S ^c   Gay, Jennifer L ^d   Saldana, Mayra Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community wide campaign; Evidenced based intervention; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Health disparities; Physical activity; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY WIDE CAMPAIGN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETABLE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; LIFESTYLE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84941108731     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.029     Document Type: Article

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