Open AccessEducating Health Care Professionals in Advocacy for Childhood Obesity Prevention in Their Communities: Integrating Public Health and Primary Care in the Be Our Voice Project
Author(s) -
Marianne E. McPherson,
Rachelle Mirkin,
Priya Nair Heatherley,
Charles J. Homer
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.300833
Subject(s) - public health , training (meteorology) , nursing , health care , medicine , medical education , primary care , childhood obesity , psychology , family medicine , obesity , political science , physics , meteorology , law , overweight
We assessed the perceived need for and the effectiveness of the Be Our Voice advocacy training. In this training, health care professionals learned public health strategies to advocate for environmental systems changes to prevent childhood obesity in their communities.