Healthy cities: Facilitating the active participation and empowerment of local people

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 74-91

  Dooris, Mark ^a   Heritage, Zoe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Community empowerment; Community participation; Healthy cities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CITIES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84892824875     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9623-0     Document Type: Article

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