Using focus groups to evaluate health promotion interventions

Health Education

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 261-268

  Mitchell, Kirsten ^a   Branigan, Patrick ^b  

^a MRC Programme on AIDS in Uganda   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health; Promotion; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133640     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280010354887     Document Type: Review

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