Supporting nurse health champions: Developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators

Health Education Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-210

  Blake, H ^a   Chambers, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behaviour change; Health Champions; health improvement; Health Trainers; nursing

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

EID: 82155166111     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896910396767     Document Type: Review

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