Power between evaluator and community: Research relationships within New Mexico's healthier communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-53

  Wallerstein, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition evaluation; Community participation; Community based research; Empowerment; Participatory research evaluation; Post modern research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033040216     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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