Determinants of effective health promotion actions in local contexts: A study of the perceptions of municipal politicians

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 787-795

  Simonsen Rehn, Nina ^a   Laamanen, Ritva ^a,b   Brommels, Mats ^c   Suominen, Sakari ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community participation; Health promotion; Local health policy; Municipal politicians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869227750     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0328-7     Document Type: Article

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