Use of Social and Behavioral Sciences by Public Health Departments in Major Cities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 616-624

  Shinn, Marybeth ^a   VanDevanter, Nancy ^b   Bleakley, Amy ^b   Niang, Kathyrn Tannert ^c   Perl, Sarah ^c   Cohen, Neal L ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NY City Dept of Hlth/Mental Hyg

^d AMDeC Center on Biodefense   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral science; Public health departments; Social science

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CENTRALIZATION; CHILD HEALTH; CITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742288322     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jtg068     Document Type: Article

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