Design of a Health-Promoting Neighborhood Intervention

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Semenza, Jan C ^a   Krishnasamy, Prasanna V ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; community empowerment and participation; neighborhood intervention; social capital; social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OREGON; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35748984456     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906289585     Document Type: Article

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