Community Participation in a Multisectoral Intervention to Address Health Determinants in an Inner-City Community in Central Havana

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-80

  Yassi, Annalee ^a   Fernandez, Niurys ^b   Fernandez, Ariadna ^a   Bonet, Mariano ^b   Tate, Robert B ^c   Spiegel, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CUBA; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUBA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 0037636647     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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