Intersectoral action for health at a municipal level in Cuba

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-23

  Spiegel, Jerry ^a,d   Alegret, Milagros ^b   Clair, Veronic ^a   Pagliccia, Nino ^a   Martinez, Barbara ^b   Bonet, Mariano ^c   Yassi, Annalee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centro Municipal de Higiene y Epidemiología   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^d UBC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuba; Determinants of health; Health system organization; Intersectoral; Population health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; CUBA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CITIES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858797642     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0279-z     Document Type: Article

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