Bringing Health Policy Issues Front and Center in the Community: Expanding the Role of Community Health Coalitions

Background Systemic, environmental, and socioeconomic conditions create the context in which community members deal with their health concerns. Comprehensive, community-based chronic disease prevention interventions should address community-wide or regional policy issues that influence lifestyle be...

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Published in:	Preventing Chronic Disease
Main Authors:	Joel S. Meister, PhD, Jill Guernsey de Zapien
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-01-01
Subjects:	chronic disease public health prevention community health coalitions policy
Online Access:	http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/jan/04_0080.htm