Evaluation in health education. A review of progress, possibilities, and problems.
Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthPublished 1 June 1990Open access
Don Nutbeam, Cambray Smith, John Catford
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A framework for evaluating health education programmes is proposed and suggestions are made for improved health education research.
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