Behaviour change and sexual health; SHARE programme evaluation

Health Education

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-19

  Dale, Hannah ^a   Raftery, Bronagh ^a   Locke, Heather ^a  

^a NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Education; Evaluation; Programme; Sexual health; Taxonomy; Techniques; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890407374     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HE-12-2012-0056     Document Type: Article

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