The Integration of Theory with Practice: A 12-Year Case Study.

Lorig, Kate; Gonzalez, Virginia

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Publication Date: 1992

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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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