Rapid rural appraisal: Its use and value for health planners and managers

Public Administration

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-526

  Rifkin, Susan B ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL; RURAL PLANNING;

EID: 0030433434     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1996.tb00882.x     Document Type: Article

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