Low-Income, Urban Children’s Perspectives on Physical Activity: A Photovoice Project

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1124-1132

  Heidelberger, Lindsay ^a   Smith, Chery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Low income; Photovoice; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84951832089     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1898-4     Document Type: Article

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