Context as a fundamental dimension of health promotion program evaluation

Health Promotion Evaluation Practices in the Americas: Values and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 299-317

  Poland, Blake ^a   Frohlich, Katherine L ^b   Cargo, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84892304817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79733-5_17     Document Type: Chapter

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