Towards a critical social science perspective on health promotion research

Health Promotion International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Eakin, Joan ^a   Robertson, Ann ^a   Poland, Blake ^a   Coburn, David ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical social science perspective; Health promotion; Research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0029903242     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/11.2.157     Document Type: Review

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