Application of the modified method of 'Rapid appraisal to assess community health needs' for making rapid city health profiles and city action plans for health

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-275

  Šogorić, Selma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Community health education; Croatia; Health and welfare planning; Health campaigns; Health care surveys; Health planning; Health resources; Planning techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; URBAN POPULATION;

CROATIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031708841     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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