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Building Evidence for the Effectiveness of Whole System Health Promotion – Challenges and Future Directions

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Dooris, M., Poland, B., Kolbe, L., de Leeuw, E., McCall, D.S., Wharf-Higgins, J. (2007). Healthy Settings. In: McQueen, D.V., Jones, C.M. (eds) Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70974-1_19

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