Organizational capacity for chronic disease prevention: A survey of Canadian public health organizations

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-201

  Hanusaik, Nancy ^a   O'Loughlin, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Kishchuk, Natalie ^d   Paradis, Gilles ^c,e   Cameron, Roy ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d Natalie Kishchuk Research and Evaluation Inc   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Chronic disease prevention; Organizational capacity; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 77950276874     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp140     Document Type: Review

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