New medical school engages rural communities to conduct regional health assessment

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 693-701

  Garrettson, Mariana ^a   Walline, Vera ^b   Heisler, Janelle ^c   Townsend, Janet ^d  

^a University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^b Northeast PA AHEC ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^d Janet Weis Children s Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78249242739     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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