Evaluating community‐level health promotion and disease prevention interventions
New Directions for Program EvaluationPublished 1 September 1989
Christine Jackson, David Altman, Beth Howard-Pitney, John W. Farquhar
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Community health intervention methods, objectives, and contexts are linked to evaluation issues, and some options for addressing these issues are suggested.
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Abstract Community health intervention methods, objectives, and contexts are linked to evaluation issues, and some options for addressing these issues are suggested.
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