A comparison of two analytic methods for the identification of neighborhoods as intervention and control sites for community-based programs

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-414

  O'Campo, Patricia ^a   Caughy, Margaret O'Brien ^a   Aronson, Robert ^a   Xue, Xiaonan ^a  

^a Dept of Maternal and Child Health ^*

Author keywords

Community interventions; Control group; Evaluation design; Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMME; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD;

EID: 0031462230     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(97)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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