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EDITORIAL

Advancing evaluation practice in health promotion

Ben J. Smith A E , Chris Rissel B , Trevor Shilton C and Adrian Bauman D
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A School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 6, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.

B NSW Office of Preventive Health, Don Everett Building, Level 1, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.

C National Heart Foundation Western Australia, 334 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia.

D Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: ben.smith@monash.edu

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 27(3) 184-186 https://doi.org/10.1071/HEv27n3_ED2
Published: 6 December 2016


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