What remains for the future: Strengthening community actions to become an integral part of health promotion practice

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Laverack, Glenn ^a,b   Keshavarz Mohammadi, Nastaran ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

community action; community empowerment; community health promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 82155161992     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar068     Document Type: Article

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