Application of a partnership model for transformative and sustainable international development

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-70

  Powell, Dorothy L ^a   Gilliss, Catherine L ^a   Hewitt, Hermi H ^b   Flint, Elizabeth P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Aging; Capacity building; Community engagement; Ethics; Global health; International development; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, NURSING; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77449144258     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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