Community development efforts offer a major opportunity to advance Americans' health

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2052-2055

  Williams, David R ^a,b   Marks, James ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862931077     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0987     Document Type: Article

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