Use of research evidence in state policymaking for childhood obesity prevention in minnesota

S.E. Gollust, H.A. Kite, S.J. Benning, R.A. Callanan, S.R. Weisman and M.S. Nanney

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 10, 1894-1900

Abstract: Objectives: We describe how scientific evidence about obesity has been used in Minnesota legislative materials to understand how research evidence might more effectively be translated into policymaking.

Keywords: article; childhood obesity; health care policy; human; management; medical research; statistics; United States, Biomedical Research; Health Policy; Humans; Minnesota; Pediatric Obesity; Policy Making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302137

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