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Health Education Research, Vol. 18, No. 6, 664-677, December 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

The European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach (ESFA) project: Observations by Six Commentators

J. Connelly, J. Green, L. Lechner, M. B. Mittelmark, A. S. Rigby and C. Roberts

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   ESFA Mini-series: an experiment
 
In issue 18(5) of the Journal we published the first two papers of the European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach (ESFA) mini-series. The third and final paper of this series appears above. All three papers describe an ambitious smoking prevention project involving collaboration between six European nations. As promised in that issue, we now present the reactions of a ‘Commentary Group’ to these papers. The three articles had already been subjected to the Journal’s customary review process. Accordingly, the members of the Commentary Group were asked not to merely repeat that procedure, but rather to provide more general reflections and reactions, e.g. to the subject matter or the research paradigm itself.

We are very grateful to our commentators but, above all, our thanks go to our friends and colleagues at Maastricht University for sharing their research with us and agreeing to cooperate with this ‘experimental’ mini-series.

We also welcome observations from . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Commentary 1: The ESFA Mini-series
 

   Commentary 2: The ESFA Mini-series
 

   Commentary 3: The ESFA Mini-series
 

   Commentary 4: The ESFA Mini-series
 
General
Empiricism versus realism
Realism in health promotion
A realist reconstruction of the ESFA
Realism and the ESFA

   Commentary 5: The ESFA Mini-series
 
Background comments
What does the ESFA study tell us?
Lessons for implementing school-based health promotion interventions
Lessons for evaluating integral prevention programmes
The importance of context

   Commentary 6: The ESFA Mini-series
 

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