Building capacity in community health action research: Towards a praxis framework for graduate education

Action Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-408

  Nelson, Geoffrey ^a   Poland, Blake ^b   Murray, Michael ^c   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

action; education; health promotion; liberation; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745196518     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750304047982     Document Type: Article

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