Developing quality assurance standards for health promotion practice in the UK

Health Promotion International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Speller, Viv ^a,c   Evans, David ^a   Head, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Wessex Inst Hlth R D Highcroft   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Quality assurance; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030880462     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/12.3.215     Document Type: Article

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