Including health in systems responsible for urban planning': A realist policy analysis research programme

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Harris, Patrick ^a   Friel, Sharon ^a,b   Wilson, Andrew ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LAND USE; LAW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; WELLBEING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EQUITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84941567057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008822     Document Type: Article

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