Lessons learned from the uniontown community health project

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-42

  Littleton, Mary Ann ^e   Cornell, Carol E ^e   Dignan, Mark ^b   Brownstein, Nell ^e   Raczynski, James M ^e   Stalker, Varena ^e   McDuffie, Kathleen ^c   Greene, Paul G ^e   Sanderson, Bonnie ^a   Streumpler, Barb ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALABAMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0036370279     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.26.1.4     Document Type: Article

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