Open AccessObesity Prevention and Diabetes Screening at Local Health Departments
Author(s) -
Xinzhi Zhang,
Huabin Luo,
Edward W. Gregg,
Qaiser Mukhtar,
Mark Rivera,
Lawrence Barker,
Ann Albright
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.168831
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , public health , environmental health , logistic regression , family medicine , confidence interval , type 2 diabetes , gerontology , nursing , endocrinology
We assessed whether local health departments (LHDs) were conducting obesity prevention programs and diabetes screening programs, and we examined associations between LHD characteristics and whether they conducted these programs.