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Many factors influence children’s health behaviors and health outcomes. The Social Ecological Model (SEM) groups these factors into interactive layers, creating a framework for understanding their influence and for designing interventions to achieve positive change. The layers of influence in the SEM include individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy factors (see figure). The New Jersey Child Health Study (NJCHS) was designed to examine how specific layers of the SEM, particularly food and physical activity environments in schools and communities, affect obesity outcomes in children
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- The New Jersey Child Health Study: A Research Brief: Community Environments
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- Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam (Contributor)
- Eliason, Jessica (Contributor)
- Yedidia, Michael J., 1946- (Contributor)
- New Jersey Child Health Study (Contributor)
- Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (Contributor)
- ASU College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
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2019-10
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