Using the Getting to Outcomes (GTO) Model in a Statewide Prevention Initiative

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 302-309

  Chinman, Matthew ^a   Imm, Pamela ^b   Wandersman, Abraham ^c   Kaftarian, Shakeh ^d   Neal, Jim ^e   Pendleton, Karen T ^f   Ringwalt, Chris ^f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina–Columbia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of Health Sciences Medical School   (United States)

^e South Carolina Geodetic Survey   (United States)

^f PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

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EID: 84992828663     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152483990100200408     Document Type: Article

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