Health impact assessment of the transition to a core city in Japan

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 771-781

  Hoshiko, M ^a   Hara, K ^b   Ishitake, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core city; Decentralization; Policy analysis; Public health centres; Rapid HIA; Regionally co ordinated health activities

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; POLICY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CITY; CONSULTATION; EMPLOYEE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCREENING TEST;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; NAGASAKI [NAGASAKI (PRF)];

KURUME;

EID: 70749151691     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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