Determinants of health promotion action: Comparative analysis of local voluntary associations in four municipalities in Finland

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 274-283

  Simonsen Rehn, Nina ^a   Øvretveit, John ^b,c   Laamanen, Ritva ^a   Suominen, Sakari ^d   Sundell, Jari ^e   Brommels, Mats ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community participation; Health promotion; Local voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; URBAN HEALTH; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 33845252966     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dal026     Document Type: Article

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