European national healthy city networks: The impact of an elite epistemic community

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 154-166

  Heritage, Zoë ^a   Green, Geoff ^b  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Health determinants; Healthy cities; Networks; WHO

Indexed keywords

CITY; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CITIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EUROPE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84892825990     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9777-4     Document Type: Article

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