Strategies and goals of community-based injury prevention programmes–a mixed-methods study of 25 Scandinavian WHO Safe Communities

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Nilsen, Per ^a   Hudson, Diana ^a   Gabrielsson, Felicia ^a   Lindqvist, Kent ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Goals; Measures; Objectives; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INJURY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GOALS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646561898     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15660970500077352     Document Type: Article

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