Community Coalition Building - Contemporary Practice and Research: Introduction

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-172

  Wolff, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AHEC/Community Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition best practices; Coalition building; Coalitions; Collaborations; Community capacity building

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042195061     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010314326787     Document Type: Article

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