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Dissecting the ``black box' ' of community intervention: Lessons from community-wide cardiovascular disease prevention programs in the US and Sweden

Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA, Thomas_Pearson{at}urmc.rochester.edu

S. Wall

Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, UmeÅ University, UmeÅ, Sweden

C. Lewis

The Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, New York, USA

P.L. Jenkins

The Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, New York, USA

A. Nafziger

The Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, New York, USA

L. Weinehall

Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, UmeÅ University, UmeÅ, Sweden

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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 29, No. 56 suppl, 69-78 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290022001


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