Complexity: A potential paradigm for a health promotion discipline

Health Promotion International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 378-388

  Tremblay, Marie Claude ^a   Richard, Lucie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IRSPUM   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

complexity; health promotion discipline; paradigm

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84900820810     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar054     Document Type: Review

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