Community-based organizational capacity building as a strategy to reduce racial health disparities

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Allen, Julie Ober ^a   Deloney, E Hill ^b   Robinson, Kevin ^c   Lewis, E Yvonne ^d   Campbell, Bettina ^e   Morrel Samuels, Susan ^a   Sparks, Arlene ^f   Zimmerman, Marc A ^a   Reischl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Flint Odyssey House   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Faith Access to Community Economic Development   (United States)

^e YOUR Center   (United States)

^f GCCARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community based organizations; Community based participatory research; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 77951232976     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-010-0202-z     Document Type: Article

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