Evaluating complex public health interventions: Theory, methods and scope of realist enquiry

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 935-941

  Connelly, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex; Evaluation; Interventions; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORALS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 36249028735     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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