A community resilience approach to reducing ethnic and racial disparities in health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2168-2173

  Davis, Rachel ^a,b   Cook, Danice ^a   Cohen, Larry ^a  

^a Prevention Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; PROFIT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444470856     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050146     Document Type: Review

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