Efficient Allocation of Public Health and Behavior Change Resources: The "Difficulty by Motivation" Matrix

Affiliations

¹ Ken Resnicow is with the Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Pedro J. Teixeira, is with the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, CIPER, Lisbon, Portugal. Geoffrey C. Williams is with the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY.

Ken Resnicow et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;107(1):55-57.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303526.

¹ Ken Resnicow is with the Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Pedro J. Teixeira, is with the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, CIPER, Lisbon, Portugal. Geoffrey C. Williams is with the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY.

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A Public Health of Consequence: Review of the January 2017 Issue of AJPH.
Galea S, Vaughan R. Galea S, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan;107(1):17-18. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303540. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 27925808 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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