Prevention and promotion in decentralized rural health systems: A comparative study from northeast Brazil

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-79

  Atkinson, Sarah ^a   Fernandes, Lucília ^b   Caprara, Andrea ^c   Gideon, Jasmine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Escola de Saude Publica   (Brazil)

^c Fondazione Angelo Celli   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Decentralization; Health promotion; Prevention; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

BRAZIL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 15444365418     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi009     Document Type: Article

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