Exploring the process of capacity-building among community-based health promotion workers in Alberta, Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 463-473

  Montemurro, Genevieve R ^a   Raine, Kim D ^a   Nykiforuk, Candace I J ^a   Mayan, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community based prevention; Community capacity building; Community health promotion

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALBERTA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84906240235     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat008     Document Type: Article

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