Selected Methodological Issues in Evaluating Community-Based Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs
Annual Review of Public HealthPublished 1 May 1992
Thomas D. Koepsell, Edward H. Wagner, Allen Cheadle, Donald L. Patrick, Donald C. Martin, Paula Diehr
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An important recent trend in health promotion and disease prevention has been the increasing number and scope of communitybased interventions aimed at entire populations.
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