Aligning the goals of community-engaged research: Why and how academic health centers can successfully engage with communities to improve health

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Michener, Lloyd ^a   Cook, Jennifer ^a   Ahmed, Syed M ^b   Yonas, Michael A ^b,c   Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^d,e   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Division of Community Pediatrics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84858120761     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182441680     Document Type: Article

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