Imagining the flowers, but working the rich and heavy clay: Participation and empowerment in action research for health

Educational Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-581

  Jacobs, Gaby ^a  

^a University for Humanistics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action research; Empowerment; Health promotion practice; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549107581     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790600975809     Document Type: Article

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