Building a community-academic partnership to improve health outcomes in an underserved community

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-40

  McCann, Eileen ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community academic partnership; Health outcomes; Underserved population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POVERTY AREAS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 77449158878     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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