Health promotion competencies: Providing a road map for health promotion to assume a prominent role in global health

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 42-46

  Shilton, Trevor ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

advocacy; competencies; consensus; uses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD;

CONSENSUS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67650498481     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909104103     Document Type: Article

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