Developing complex interventions for rigorous evaluation - A case study from rural Zimbabwe

Health Education Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 570-575

  Power, R ^a   Langhaug, L F ^b   Nyamurera, T ^c   Wilson, D ^c   Bassett, M T ^c   Cowan, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TEACHER; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 4644318570     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg073     Document Type: Article

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