Community as practice: Social representations of community and their implications for health promotion

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-114

  Stephens, Christine ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community; Health promotion; Health psychology; Participation; Social construction; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947697890     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.884     Document Type: Article

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