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Supporting Patient Behavior Change: Approaches Used by Primary Care Clinicians Whose Patients Have an Increase in Activation Levels

Jessica Greene, Judith H. Hibbard, Carmen Alvarez and Valerie Overton
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2016, 14 (2) 148-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1904
Jessica Greene
1School of Nursing, George Washington University, Washington, DC
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Judith H. Hibbard
2ISE Health Policy Group, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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Carmen Alvarez
3School of Nursing, Department of Community-Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Valerie Overton
4Fairview Medical Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2016, 14 (2) 148-154; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1904

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