Empowering organizations: Approaches to tobacco control through youth empowerment programs

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-596

  LeRoy, Lisa ^a   Benet, Dana Jones ^a   Mason, Theresa ^a   Austin, W David ^b   Mills, Sherry ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational empowerment; Qualitative research; Tobacco control; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FOUNDATIONS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MASS MEDIA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; STATE GOVERNMENT; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644323882     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104268548     Document Type: Article

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