Harnessing Complexity: Taking Advantage of Context and Relationships in Dissemination of School-Based Interventions

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Butler, Helen ^a   Bowes, Glenn ^b   Drew, Sarah ^c   Glover, Sara ^d   Godfrey, Celia ^e   Patton, George ^e   Trafford, Lea ^e   Bond, Lyndal ^e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute ^*  (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

dissemination; health promotion; multilevel interventions; research; school based interventions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; VICTORIA;

EID: 77955909883     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839907313723     Document Type: Article

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