Challenges of capacity building in multisector community health alliances

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 645-664

  Alexander, Jeffrey A ^a   Christianson, Jon B ^b   Hearld, Larry R ^c   Hurley, Robert ^d   Scanlon, Dennis P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aligning Forces for Quality; capacity building; community health alliances; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957903437     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110363883     Document Type: Article

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