Promoting Policy and Environmental Change Using Photovoice in the Kaiser Permanente Community Health Initiative

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-339

  Kramer, Leila ^a   Schwartz, Pamela ^b   Cheadle, Allen ^c   Borton, J Elaine ^d   Wright, Merrick ^e   Chase, Charlie ^f   Lindley, Corina ^b  

^a Center for Community Health and Evaluation and a community hospital   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental Health   (United States)

^e Partnerships for Healthy Communities LiveWell Commerce City   (United States)

^f Denver Colorado and the University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

active living; built environment; environmental change; healthy eating; obesity prevention; photo documentation; Photovoice; physical activity; policy change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLICY MAKING; SAFETY;

EID: 77958571358     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909341555     Document Type: Article

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