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ERIC Number: EJ480604
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-8402
Implementing the Boston Healthy Start Initiative: A Case Study of Community Empowerment and Public Health.
Plough, Alonzo; Olafson, Freya
Health Education Quarterly, v21 n2 p221-34 Sum 1994
As implemented in Boston, the federal Healthy Start Initiative aimed at reducing infant mortality revealed the following: (1) conflict is inherent in a federal program that also calls for community participation and control; (2) trust among community-based partners is essential; and (3) meaningful input from community members is necessary if empowerment goals are to be realized. (SK)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Federal Aid, Infant Mortality, Public Health, Social Action
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Healthy Start Initiative; Massachusetts (Boston)