Local stakeholders' perspectives on improving the urban environment to reduce child pedestrian injury: Implementing effective public health interventions at the local level

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-388

  Frattaroli, Shannon ^a   Defrancesco, Susan ^a   Gielen, Andrea C ^a   Bishai, David M ^b   Guyer, Bernard ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins School of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

Child pedestrian injury prevention; Community health; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PEDESTRIAN; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AWARENESS; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33845646434     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200103     Document Type: Article

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