Community governance of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, Kahnawake territory, Mohawk Nation, Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-187

  Cargo, Margaret ^a,b,d   Lévesque, Lucie ^a,b   Macaulay, Ann C ^a,c   McComber, Alex ^a   Desrosiers, Serge ^a   Delormier, Treena ^a   Potvin, Louise ^a,b  

^a Kahnawake Territory   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Kahnawake Education Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community control; Community empowerment; Community health promotion; Indigenous governance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0042338698     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dag013     Document Type: Article

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