Community Health and the Built Environment: Examining place in a Canadian chronic disease prevention project

Health Promotion International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-268

  Nykiforuk, Candace I J ^a   Schopflocher, Donald ^a   Vallianatos, Helen ^a   Spence, John C ^a   Raine, Kim D ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Vanspronsen, Eric ^a   Nieuwendyk, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

built environment; community based participatory research; health promotion; knowledge exchange

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; ARTICLE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIET; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH PROMOTION; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE;

EID: 84877972408     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar093     Document Type: Article

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