Implementing participatory intervention and research in communities: Lessons from the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1295-1305

  Potvin, Louise ^a,b   Cargo, Margaret ^a,b   McComber, Alex M ^a   Delormier, Treena ^a   Macaulay, Ann C ^a,c  

^a Kahnawake Schools Diabet Prev P   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community health promotion; Diabetes prevention; Participatory research; Programme implementation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUSTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEBEC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CANADA;

EID: 0037367192     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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