Popular education for health promotion and community empowerment: A review of the literature

Health Promotion International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-371

  Wiggins, Noelle ^a  

^a MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

determinants of health; empowerment; health education; inequalities in health; literature review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84864864891     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar046     Document Type: Review

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