Time Banking and Health: The Role of a Community Currency Organization in Enhancing Well-Being

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-115

  Lasker, Judith ^a   Collom, ed ^b   Bealer, Tara ^c   Niclaus, Erin ^d   Young Keefe, Jessica ^e   Kratzer, Zane ^f   Baldasari, Lauren ^g   Kramer, Ethan ^h   Mandeville, Rachel ⁱ   Schulman, Julia ^j   Suchow, Danielle ^k   Letcher, Abby ^d   Rogers, Anne ^l   Perlow, Kathy ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^d LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Pretrial Justice Institute   (United States)

^f Legal Services of New Jersey Poverty Research Institute   (United States)

^g Hamilton High School West   (United States)

^h Kramer Micro Repair   (United States)

ⁱ SEI   (United Kingdom)

^j Department of Medicine   (United States)

^k Crestwood Country Day Camp   (United States)

^l Lehigh Valley Health Network ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

community currency; health; mental health; time banking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79955039261     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909353022     Document Type: Article

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