The development of measures of community capacity for community-based funding programs in Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-306

  Maclellan Wright, Mary Frances ^a   Anderson, Donna ^b   Barber, Sarah ^a   Smith, Neale ^d   Cantin, Brenda ^a   Felix, Roxanne ^a   Raine, Kim ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community capacity; Evaluation methodology; Government programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 36448931650     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dam024     Document Type: Article

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