Strategies for setting a national research agenda that is responsive to community needs

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1855-1860

  O'Fallon, Liam R ^a   Wolfle, Geraldine M ^b   Brown, David ^a   Dearry, Allen ^a   Olden, Kenneth ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community partnerships; Environmental health; Health disparities; Outreach strategies; Prevention research; Public health; Research agenda; Town Meetings; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0346752088     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6267     Document Type: Article

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