Dissecting the "black box" of community intervention: Lessons from community-wide cardiovascular disease prevention programs in the US and Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement

Volumn 29, Issue 56, 2001, Pages 69-78

  Pearson, T A ^a,d   Wall, S ^b   Lewis, C ^c   Jenkins, P L ^c   Nafziger, A ^c   Weinehall, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035237248     PISSN: 14034956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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