Building social capital as a pathway to success: Community development practices of an early childhood intervention program in Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 244-255

  Shan, Hongxia ^a,b   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a,c   Loptson, Kristjana ^a,d   Jeffery, Bonnie ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

community development; evaluation research; intervention program; social capital

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84900793528     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/das063     Document Type: Article

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