Scale development of individual and organisation infrastructure for heart health promotion in Regional Health Authorities

Health Education Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-270

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a,d   Anderson, Donna ^a   Raine, Kim ^b   Cook, Kay ^c   Barrett, Linda ^b   Prodaniuk, Tricia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHPS   (Canada)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d 5 10 University Extension Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity assessment; Health organisations; Heart health; Infrastructure; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 25844510704     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789690506400306     Document Type: Article

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