From rhetoric to reality: A systemic approach to understanding the constraints faced by Health For All initiatives in England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2877-2889

  Berkeley, Dina ^a   Springett, Jane ^b  

^a East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual modelling; England; Health Action Zones; Health For All initiatives; Healthy Cities; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750042292     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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