Participatory research to enhance vision sharing for Healthy Town initiatives in Japan

Health Promotion International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-307

  Takano, Takehito ^a,b   Nakamura, Keiko ^b  

^a Tokyo Citizens' Cncl Hlth Prom   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community participation; Evaluation; Healthy Cities; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CRIME; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4444245418     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dah301     Document Type: Article

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