Reflections on international translation of evidence-based health behavior programs

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-330

  Sussman, Steve ^a   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges; Evidence based programming; International translation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LANGUAGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 47849128174     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278708320168     Document Type: Review

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