An argument against the focus on Community Resilience in Public Health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Allmark, Peter ^a   Bhanbhro, Sadiq ^a   Chrisp, Tom ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Arc Research and Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Community integration; Community networks; Poverty; Public health; Resilience; Social class; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84892579393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-62     Document Type: Review

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