The Impact on Health Inequalities of Community Engagement in New Deal for Communities

Published On: 1st September 2015

By: Public Health Research

Jennie Popay et al.’s evaluation of thirty-nine neighbourhoods involved in a government-funded regeneration programme called New Deal for Communities, tested whether or not different approaches to engage residents in decision-making had different social and health impacts.

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