Using a competition model to help rural communities become healthier: lessons from the NSW Healthy Town Challenge quality assurance process
Santosh Khanal A B , Chris Rissel A and Bev Lloyd A
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A NSW Office of Preventive Health, Liverpool Hospital, Don Everett Building, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: Santosh.Khanal@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
Health Promotion Journal of Australia 27(2) 178-179 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE15119
Submitted: 28 September 2015 Accepted: 27 November 2015 Published: 30 March 2016
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