The relevance of the public–private partnership paradigm to the prevention of diet-associated non-communicable diseases in wealthy countries

Global Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 930-946

  Stevenson, Michael A ^a  

^a BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

food insecurity; non communicable diseases; poverty; public private partnerships; reverse innovation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INSECURITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POVERTY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84939269668     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1012528     Document Type: Article

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