Community readiness for adolescents' overweight and obesity prevention is low in urban South Africa: a case study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Pradeilles, Rebecca ^a,c   Rousham, Emily K ^b   Norris, Shane A ^c   Kesten, Joanna M ^d,e   Griffiths, Paula L ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Church based interventions; Community readiness; Obesity; Overweight; South Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84992034923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3451-9     Document Type: Article

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