Creating and testing the concept of an academic NGO for enhancing health equity: A new mode of knowledge production?

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Robinson, V ^a   Tugwell, P ^a   Walker, P ^a   Ter Kuile, A A ^b   Neufeld, V ^b   Hatcher Roberts, J ^a   Amaratunga, C ^a   Andersson, N ^c   Doull, M ^a   Labonte, R ^a   Muckle, W ^d   Murangira, F ^e   Nyamai, C ^f   Ralph Robinson, D ^g   Simpson, D ^g   Sitthi Amorn, C ^h   Turnbull, J ⁱ   Walker, J ^a   Wood, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Foundation for Global Health   (Canada)

^c CIETcanada   (Canada)

^d Ottawa Inner City Health Initiative   (Canada)

^e Somerset West Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^f AfriAfya   (Kenya)

^g Innovation Expedition   (Canada)

^h CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; KENYA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RWANDA; THAILAND;

EID: 34948850790     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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