Community organizing for health promotion in the rural south: An exploration of community competence

Family and Community Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Denham, Amy ^a   Quinn, Sandra Crouse ^b   Gamble, Dorothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community competence; Community organizing; Rural health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006964362     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199804000-00004     Document Type: Article

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