Effectiveness of health promotion in preventing tobacco use among adolescents in India research evidence informs the national tobacco control programme in India

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 09-12

  Arora, Monika ^a,b   Stigler, Melissa H ^c   Reddy, K Srinath ^a,b  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Health promotion; Organizational case studies; Public health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; SMOKING; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING;

EID: 80051778862     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975910393163     Document Type: Article

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