Choosing indicators to evaluate Healthy Cities projects: A political task?

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-152

  O'Neill, Michel ^a   Simard, Paule ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Healthy Cities; Healthy Communities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEBEC; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33744787082     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dal006     Document Type: Article

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