Community Engagement at Academic Health Centers
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چکیده
Academic health centers are essential in many communities, providing professions education and patient-focused services. These institutions often serve as anchor for community-engaged efforts to underserved populations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, central nature of academic centers, well-being were on full display. This special issue aims contribute expand our understanding inform empirically evidence-based programming, interventions, policies that strengthen community engagement at centers.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Metropolitan universities
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2472-3541', '1047-8485']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18060/26312