Are tailored health education materials always more effective than non-tailored materials?

Health Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-315

  Kreuter, Matthew W ^a   Oswald, Debra L ^a   Bull, Fiona C ^a,b   Clark, Eddie M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034125726     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/15.3.305     Document Type: Article

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