Community development as health promotion: Evaluating a complex locality-based project in New Zealand

Community Development Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-157

  Adams, Jeffery ^a   Witten, Karen ^a   Conway, Kim ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Waitakere City Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 63349090957     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsm049     Document Type: Article

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