Engaging partners to initiate evaluation efforts: Tactics used and lessons learned from the Prevention Research Centers Program

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wright, Demia Sundra ^a   Anderson, Lynda A ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^c   Gwaltney, Margaret K ^d,e   Scherer, Jennifer ^d   Cross, Alan W ^f   Goodman, Robert M ^g,h   Schwartz, Randy ⁱ   Sims, Tom ^j   White, Carol R ^k  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d COSMOS Corporation ^*  (United States)

^e ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ American Cancer Society   (United States)

^j West Virginia Bureau for Public Health   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979642387     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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