An evaluation of an urban renewal program and its effects on neighborhood resident's overall wellbeing using concept mapping

Health and Place

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-17

  Mehdipanah, Roshanak ^a,b   Malmusi, Davide ^a,b,c   Muntaner, Carles ^d   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Mixed methods; Urban health; Urban renewal; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN RENEWAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM; WALKING; WELLBEING;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84878803284     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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