Community-based model for preventing tobacco use among disadvantaged adolescents in urban slums of India

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Arora, Monika ^a,b   Tewari, Abha ^a   Tripathy, Vikal ^a   Nazar, Gaurang P ^a   Juneja, Neeru S ^a   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^c   Reddy, K Srinath ^b  

^a Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community intervention; Low SES; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POVERTY AREAS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952903263     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq008     Document Type: Article

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