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. 2000 Mar-Jun;115(2-3):157–160. doi: 10.1093/phr/115.2.157

Toward a healthy democracy.

D O'Connor 1, C T Gates 1
PMCID: PMC1308705  PMID: 10968748

Abstract

Because it represents a revival of citizen responsibility, the Healthy Communities movement is not only a health and quality-of-life movement but a civic and democratic movement as well. Healthy Communities efforts need to seek meaningful partnerships with local governments and work their collaborative and citizen-based efforts into formal local political structures. As the foundation of the Healthy Communities movement, civic renewal should be elevated as a major theme and goal for its future.

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