Building healthier communities for children and families: Applying asset-based community development to community pediatrics

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1185-1187

  Pan, Richard J ^a,b   Littlefield, Diane ^a   Valladolid, Sara G ^a,b   Tapping, Peggy J ^a,c   West, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a Communities and Physicians Together ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sacramento Engaging Neighborhood Resources for Improving Children's Health Education and Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community medicine; Health promotion; Medical education; Pediatrics; Social environment

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744383040     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2825Q     Document Type: Short Survey

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