A 'health broker' role as a catalyst of change to promote health: An experiment in deprived Dutch neighbourhoods

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-81

  Harting, Janneke ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Kwan, Albert ^b,c   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boundary spanning; health promotion; urban social entrepreneur

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551710543     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq069     Document Type: Article

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