A Qualitative Mediation Study to Evaluate a School-Based Tobacco Prevention Program in India (Project MYTRI)

Field Methods

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-215

  Bate, S Lewis ^a   Stigler, Melissa H ^b   Thompson, Marilyn S ^a   MacKinnon, David P ^a   Arora, Monika ^c   Perry, Cheryl L ^b   Reddy, K Srinath ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

adolescents; India; mediation analysis; psychosocial risk factors; qualitative research; tobacco prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861349842     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X11420371     Document Type: Review

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