Empowerment and sense of community: Clarifying their relationship in community organizations

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 651-663

  Hughey, Joseph ^a,c   Peterson, N Andrew ^b   Lowe, John B ^b   Oprescu, Florin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community organizations; Empowerment; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52249101767     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106294896     Document Type: Article

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