Exploring community health through the sustainable livelihoods framework

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-90

  Barnidge, Ellen K ^a   Baker, Elizabeth A ^a   Motton, Freda ^b   Fitzgerald, Teresa ^b   Rose, Frank ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pemiscot County Community Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; qualitative methods; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79751508912     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110376349     Document Type: Article

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