The Healthy Neighborhoods Project: A Local Health Department's Role in Catalyzing Community Development

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-159

  El Askari, Galen ^e   Freestone, Julie ^a   Irizarry, Chicky ^b   Kraut, Karen L ^b   Mashiyama, Susan T ^c   Morgan, Mary Anne ^c   Walton, Sheryl ^d  

^a Health Service Department   (United States)

^b El Pueblo Community Development Corporation   (United States)

^c Comm Wellness and Prev Program ^*  (United States)

^d Healthy Neighborhoods Project   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; POLICY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SAN FRANCISCO; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 0032038732     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500204     Document Type: Article

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