Ecological models revisited: Their uses and evolution in health promotion over two decades

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue , 2011, Pages 307-326

  Richard, Lucie ^a,b   Gauvin, Lise ^a,c   Raine, Kim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecological and environmental processes; health behavior; intervention studies; social environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 79952844050     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031210-101141     Document Type: Article

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