| The role of the coordinating center in the obesity prevention at the worksite consortium. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18073343 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This paper describes the role of the Coordinating Center for a seven-project consortium funded through a common request for applications. The seven studies are focusing on prevention and treatment of obesity at worksites. These projects are being conducted at different types of work sites that have diverse employee populations. The Center's functions include identifying opportunities for collaboration, encouraging communication among the project investigators, facilitating the adoption of common measures, combining data from two or more projects to achieve greater statistical power, and pooling data on measures such as physical activity, work productivity, health care use, and return on investment. To these ends, the Coordinating Center helped to develop a committee structure within the consortium, established a communications and data transmission web site, and arranged conference calls, committee meetings, and paper writing groups. The development and implementation of these functions are described in this paper. |
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Authors:
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Victor J Stevens; Judy Donald |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Volume: 15 Suppl 1 ISSN: 1930-7381 ISO Abbreviation: Obesity (Silver Spring) Publication Date: 2007 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-12-12 Completed Date: 2008-02-04 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101264860 Medline TA: Obesity (Silver Spring) Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 69S-71S Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 North Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97227, USA. victor.j.stevens@kpchr.org |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Communication Humans National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) Obesity / prevention & control*, therapy Occupational Health Services / organization & administration* United States Workplace* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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HL79505/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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