Caribbean wellness day: Mobilizing a region for chronic noncommunicable disease prevention and control

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-479

  Samuels, T Alafia ^a,b   Fraser, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Caribbean Community Secretariat   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Community participation; Health promotion; Public private partnership; West Indies

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 79551709933     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892010001200009     Document Type: Article

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