Formal Theory Versus Stakeholder Theory: New Insights From a Tobacco-Focused Prevention Program Evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-413

  Chen, Huey T ^a   Turner, Nannette C ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental tobacco smoke prevention; formal theory based intervention; program theory; stakeholder theory based intervention; theory driven evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864384074     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214012442802     Document Type: Article

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