Issues in the design and interpretation of studies to evaluate the impact of community-based interventions

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1022-1029

  Kirkwood, Betty R ^a   Cousens, Simon N ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^b   De Zoysa, Isabelle ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based interventions; Developing countries; Evaluation; Study design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY IMPACT; HEALTH PLANNING; RESEARCH STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030656460     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-188.x     Document Type: Article

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