The development of a feasible community-specific cardiovascular disease prevention program: Triangulation of methods and sources

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 723-739

  Nakkash, Rima ^a   Afifi Soweid, Rema A ^a   Nehlawi, Mayssa T ^a   Shediac Rizkallah, Mona C ^a   Hajjar, Theresa A ^b   Khogali, Mustafa ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Community; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEBANON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 1542599004     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198103255521     Document Type: Review

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