Sense of Community Belonging and Health in Canada: A Regional Analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-126

  Kitchen, Peter ^a   Williams, Allison ^a   Chowhan, James ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Public policy; Sense of community belonging; Social capital; Urban to rural continuum

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA;

EID: 84859211307     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9830-9     Document Type: Article

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