A Conceptual Model of Community Capacity Development for Health Promotion in the Alberta Heart Health Project

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Dressendorfer, Rudolph H ^a   Raine, Kim ^b   Dyck, Ronald J ^b   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^b   Collins Nakai, Ruth L ^b   Mclaughlin, W Keith ^c   Ness, Kathleen ^d  

^a Rocklin Physical Therapy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Surveillance and Assessment   (Canada)

^d Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

Author keywords

community capacity; community development; health promotion; policy advocacy; social environmental intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALBERTA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 16644386404     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903259302     Document Type: Article

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