Translating an early childhood obesity prevention program for local community implementation: A case study of the Melbourne InFANT Program

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Laws, R ^a,b,c   Hesketh, K D ^a,c   Ball, K ^a,b   Cooper, C ^a   Vrljic, K ^d   Campbell, K J ^a,b,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaREPHC)   (Australia)

^c Centre of Research Excellence in Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood   (Australia)

^d Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Dissemination; Implementation; Infants; Obesity prevention; Research translation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84984941789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3361-x     Document Type: Article

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