Journal article
Environmental Profile of a Community's Health (EPOCH): An Instrument to Measure Environmental Determinants of Cardiovascular Health in Five Countries
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The environment in which people live is known to be important in influencing diet, physical activity, smoking, psychosocial and other risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However no instrument exists that evaluates communities for these multiple environmental factors and is suitable for use across different communities, regions and countries. This report describes the design and reliability of an instrument to measure …
Authors
Chow CK; Lock K; Madhavan M; Corsi DJ; Gilmore AB; Subramanian SV; Li W; Swaminathan S; Lopez-Jaramillo P; Avezum A
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 5, No. 12,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0014294
ISSN
1932-6203