Quality indicators for implementation of safety promotion: towards valid and reliable global certification of local programmes.

Toomas Timpka; Cecilia Nordqvist; Karin Festin; Kent Lindqvist

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Quality indicators for implementation of safety promotion: towards valid and reliable global certification of local programmes.

February 1, 2012

Timpka T, Nordqvist C, Festin K, et al. Glob Public Health. 2012;7(6):588-602.

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The authors propose a set of standardized criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of community-based safety programs.

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