Community Empowerment: A Partnership Approach to Public Health Program Implementation

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-306

  Hanks, Carole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

community partnership; health policy; health promotion; public health policy implementation; WIC

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846457917     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154406297427     Document Type: Article

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