Multilevel health promotion research: Conceptual and analytical considerations

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-75

  Kothari, Anita R ^a   Birch, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Contextual effects; Hierarchical multilevel modelling; Multilevel modelling; Public health research

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; MORTALITY; NURSING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1942538576     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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