Improving health and well-being through community health champions: A thematic evaluation of a programme in Yorkshire and Humber

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-103

  Woodall, James ^a   White, Judy ^a   South, Jane ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community health champion; evaluation; lay involvement; public health; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CHAMPION; DISABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84875879726     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912453669     Document Type: Review

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