Health Promotion Evaluation Practices in the Americas: Values and Research

by David McQueen

Book Overview

More and more, health promotion is a crucial component of public health, to the extent that public health interventions are called on to prove their effectiveness and appraised for scientific validity, a practice many in the field consider self-defeating. Health Promotion Evaluation Practices in the Americas cogently demonstrates that scientific rigor and the goals of health promotion are less in conflict than commonly thought, synthesizing multiple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441927263
• ISBN13: 9781441927262
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"