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Thomas Barker
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Working group engagement as a precondition of successful community engagement in an expert-led social marketing public health intervention: Learning from the footprints.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025 · first author
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Working group engagement as a precondition of successful community engagement in an expert-led social marketing public health intervention: Learning from the footprints.
Barker T, Allen H, Fulton K, Klaver N, Motluk L, Osborne T, Staples E
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025First author
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