Realistic expectations: Investing in organizational capacity building for chronic disease prevention

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 430-438

  Robinson, Kerry ^a,c   Farmer, Tracy ^a   Riley, Barb ^b   Elliott, Susan J ^a   Eyles, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ability; Chronic disease; Health promotion; Prevention research; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; INVESTMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 34248214250     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-21.5.430     Document Type: Article

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