Effective advocacy strategies for influencing government nutrition policy: A conceptual model

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Cullerton, Katherine ^a   Donnet, Timothy ^b   Lee, Amanda ^c   Gallegos, Danielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Nutrition; Policy; Policy making; Political will; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; POLITICS; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION;

EID: 85052619648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-018-0716-y     Document Type: Article

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