Community-Based Participatory Research Shows How a Community Initiative Creates Networks to Improve Well-Being

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Letcher, Abby S ^a   Perlow, Kathy M ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849104725     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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