Who participates and why: Building a process model of citizen participation

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 550-569

  Foster Fishman, Pennie G ^a   Pierce, Steven J ^a   Van Egeren, Laurie A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity for change; Citizen participation; Comprehensive community changes; Healthy communities; Neighborhood leaders; Organizing skills; Readiness for change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649726890     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198108317408     Document Type: Article

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