Evaluation of changes in individual community-related empowerment in community health promotion interventions in Estonia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1772-1791

  Kasmel, Anu ^a,b   Tanggaard, Pernille ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Empowerment evaluation; Estonia; Health promotion; Individual community related empowerment; Social change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; ESTONIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY RELATED EMPOWERMENT SCALE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 79959853971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8061772     Document Type: Article

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