Descriptive study of carers' support, encouragement and modelling of healthy lifestyle behaviours in residential out‐of‐home care

Abstract Objective: Given the high prevalence of overweight/obesity among young people in residential out‐of‐home care (OOHC), and as their carers are in loco parentis, this research aimed: 1) to examine the healthy lifestyle cognitions and behaviours of residential carers; and 2) to describe resour...

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Main Authors: Rachael Cox, Helen Skouteris, Matthew Fuller‐Tyszkiewicz, Amanda D. Jones, David Gallant, Stella Omerogullari, Robyn Miller, Louise L. Hardy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12395