Upending the Social Ecological Model to Guide Health Promotion Efforts Toward Policy and Environmental Change

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-14

  Golden, Shelley D ^a   McLeroy, Kenneth R ^b   Green, Lawrence W ^c   Earp, Jo Anne L ^a   Lieberman, Lisa D ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental change; public policy; social ecological model; structural interventions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATORS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84926297845     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198115575098     Document Type: Editorial

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