Evaluating health promotion - progress, problems and solutions

Health Promotion International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-44

  Nutbeam, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health promotion; Measurement

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031916555     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/13.1.27     Document Type: Article

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