Community readiness assessment: The scoring process revisited

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-290

  Schroepfer, Tracy A ^a   Sanchez, Griselle V ^b   Lee, Kyung Jin ^c   Matloub, Jacqueline ^b   Waltz, Angela ^a   Kavanaugh, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Community assessment; Health disparities; Participatory research; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449115225     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705420903118385     Document Type: Article

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