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ERIC Number: EJ449544
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Abstractor: N/A
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ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0195-8402
What's the Use of Theory?
van Ryn, Michelle; Heaney, Catherine A.
Health Education Quarterly, v19 n3 p315-30 Fall 1992
Exposes misperceptions of the nature and usefulness of theory and explains benefits for practice of generalizability and testability. Guides practitioners through application of theory to each stage of intervention or program development. (SK)
Descriptors: Health Education, Misconceptions, Planning, Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Generalizability; Social Learning Theory