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ERIC Number: EJ449546
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-8402
The Integration of Theory with Practice: A 12-Year Case Study.
Lorig, Kate; Gonzalez, Virginia
Health Education Quarterly, v19 n3 p355-68 Fall 1992
Over its 12-year history, an arthritis patient education program evolved from a basis not grounded in theory to one tightly linked to it. As cycles of research, intervention, and evaluation produced new results, the self-management program was revised and improved. (SK)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Health Education, Patient Education, Program Effectiveness, Research Utilization, Self Efficacy, Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Arthritis