Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 12 , Pages 800-804 , December 2009

Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability

  • J. Orme

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, School of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
    • ,
  • P. Pilkington

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, School of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 117 328 8860; fax: +44 117 3288437.
    • ,
  • S. Gray

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, School of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
    • ,
  • M. Rao

      Affiliations

    • Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India

Received 1 June 2009 ,Accepted 12 October 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00289-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.008

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 12 , Pages 800-804 , December 2009

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