Supporting knowledge into action: The Canadian best practices initiative for health promotion and chronic disease prevention;Combler l'écart entre les données probantes et l'action: L'initiative canadienne des pratiques exemplaires pour la promotion de la santé et la prévention des maladies chroniques

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Jetha, Nina ^a   Robinson, Kerry ^a   Wilkerson, Tricia ^a   Dubois, Nancy ^a   Turgeon, Vincent ^a   DesMeules, Marie ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practice analysis; Chronic disease; Health promotion; Program effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049124301     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405258     Document Type: Review

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