Growing or connecting? An urban food garden in Johannesburg

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Wills, Jane ^a   Chinemana, Frances ^a   Rudolph, Michael ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food gardens; Food security; South Africa; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; GARDENING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GARDENING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77249103989     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap042     Document Type: Article

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