A seat at the table? A study of community participation in two healthy cities projects

Critical Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-403

  Stern, Ruth ^a   Green, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Community; Participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP;

EID: 53349128341     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590801959337     Document Type: Article

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