Correlates of Resource Empowerment among Parents of Children with Overweight or Obesity

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 63-71

  Lim, Junghyun ^a   Davison, Kirsten K ^b   Jurkowski, Janine M ^c   Horan, Christine M ^d   Orav, E John ^b   Kamdar, Neil ^d,e   Fiechtner, Lauren G ^d   Taveras, Elsie M ^b,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Empowerment; Obesity; Overweight; Parental resources

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85010470178     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2016.0136     Document Type: Article

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