Evaluating the implementation of the WHO Healthy Cities Programme across Germany (1999-2002)

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-354

  Plümer, Klaus D ^a   Kennedy, Lynne ^b   Trojan, Alf ^c  

^a Academy for Public Health   (Germany)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

evaluation of healthy cities network; healthy cities; healthy public policy; performance quality criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CITIES; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955873745     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq028     Document Type: Article

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