Social Ecological Approaches to Individuals and Their Contexts

@article{Golden2012SocialEA,
  title={Social Ecological Approaches to Individuals and Their Contexts},
  author={Shelley D Golden and Jo Anne L. Earp},
  journal={Health Education \& Behavior},
  year={2012},
  volume={39},
  pages={364 - 372}
}
  • S. Golden, J. Earp
  • Published 20 January 2012
  • Medicine, Psychology
  • Health Education & Behavior
Social ecological models that describe the interactive characteristics of individuals and environments that underlie health outcomes have long been recommended to guide public health practice. The extent to which such recommendations have been applied in health promotion interventions, however, is unclear. The authors developed a coding system to identify the ecological levels that health promotion programs target and then applied this system to 157 intervention articles from the past 20 years… 
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