Empowering community health: An educational approach

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-206

  Lewis Washington, Cynthia ^a   Holcomb, Lygia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLERGY; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLERGY; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78149384863     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370016.2010.515454     Document Type: Article

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