What makes things happen? An analysis of the development of nine health-promoting measures aimed at children and adolescents in three Swedish municipalities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2331-2344

  Guldbrandsson, Karin ^a,b   Bremberg, Sven ^a,b   Bäck, Henry ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health promotion; Municipal measures

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH AND DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 26844480764     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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