Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 346-355 , April 2006

A health promotion programme in Adventist and non-Adventist women based on Pender's model: A pilot study

  • J. Carreño

      Affiliations

    • Master of Public Health Program, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda CA, USA
    • Adventist University of Chile, Chillán, Chile
    • ,
  • G. Vyhmeister

      Affiliations

    • Master of Public Health Program, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda CA, USA
    • Adventist University of Chile, Chillán, Chile
    • ,
  • L. Grau

      Affiliations

    • Master of Public Health Program, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda CA, USA
    • Adventist University of Chile, Chillán, Chile
    • ,
  • D. Ivanovic

      Affiliations

    • Master of Public Health Program, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda CA, USA
    • Adventist University of Chile, Chillán, Chile
    • Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Tel.: +56 2 678 1459; fax: +56 2 221 4030.
    web address

Received 6 August 2004 ,Revised 27 January 2005 ,Accepted 17 August 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.023

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