Challenges in managing a multi-sectoral health promotion program

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-386

  Höög, Elisabet ^a,b   Garvare, Rickard ^c   Ivarsson, Anneli ^a   Weinehall, Lars ^a   Nyström, Monica Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change management; Health promotion; Implementation process; Mental models; Program management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885047335     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LHS-12-2011-0048     Document Type: Article

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