Title |
Knowledge exchange in the Pacific: The TROPIC (Translational Research into Obesity Prevention Policies for Communities) project
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-552 |
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Authors |
Helen Mavoa, Gade Waqa, Marj Moodie, Peter Kremer, Marita McCabe, Wendy Snowdon, Boyd Swinburn |
Abstract |
Policies targeting obesogenic environments and behaviours are critical to counter rising obesity rates and lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Policies are likely to be most effective and enduring when they are based on the best available evidence. Evidence-informed policy making is especially challenging in countries with limited resources. The Pacific TROPIC (Translational Research for Obesity Prevention in Communities) project aims to implement and evaluate a tailored knowledge-brokering approach to evidence-informed policy making to address obesity in Fiji, a Pacific nation challenged by increasingly high rates of obesity and concomitant NCDs. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Austria | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 119 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 28 | 23% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 14% |
Researcher | 13 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 7% |
Other | 23 | 19% |
Unknown | 20 | 16% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 22% |
Social Sciences | 15 | 12% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 12% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 6% |
Other | 23 | 19% |
Unknown | 28 | 23% |