Evidence valued and used by health promotion practitioners

Health Education Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-205

  Li, V ^a   Carter, S M ^a   Rychetnik, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METHODOLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; DATA ACCURACY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84926484710     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyu071     Document Type: Article

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