Systems approaches for chronic disease prevention: Sound logic and empirical evidence, but is this view shared outside of academia?

Public Health Research and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wutzke, Sonia ^a,b   Morrice, Emily ^a,b   Benton, Murray ^c   Wilson, Andrew ^a,b  

^a The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c Inca Consulting ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84993982753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22042091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17061/phrp2631632     Document Type: Article

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