What is "community health"? Examining the meaning of an evolving field in public health

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S58-S61

  Goodman, Richard A ^a,b   Bunnell, Rebecca ^a   Posner, Samuel F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community health; Public health practice; Public health science

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84908399895     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.028     Document Type: Note

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