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    1We kept articles in the title and abstract of which appears the word evaluation in its various forms. We deleted from this pool all articles presenting psychometric evaluation of measurement instruments, articles presenting and discussing evaluation designs, frameworks or methods without reporting of empirical study results, and editorials and general advocacy papers.

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Potvin, L., McQueen, D.V. (2008). Practical Dilemmas for Health Promotion Evaluation. In: Potvin, L., McQueen, D.V., Hall, M., de Salazar, L., Anderson, L.M., Hartz, Z.M. (eds) Health Promotion Evaluation Practices in the Americas. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79733-5_3

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