Assessment of the integration of the ecological approach in health promotion programs

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 318-328

  Richard, Lucie ^a,b   Potvin, Louise ^a,b   Kishchuk, Natalie ^b,c   Prlic, Helen ^a   Green, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Regie Regionale S Serv SM C

Author keywords

Ecological Approach; Evaluation; Health Promotion; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PHYSICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030007257     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-10.4.318     Document Type: Article

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