Evidence based public health: A review of the experience of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of developing public health guidance in England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1056-1062

  Kelly, Michael ^a   Morgan, Antony ^a   Ellis, Simon ^a   Younger, Tricia ^a   Huntley, Jane ^a   Swann, Catherine ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archie Cochrane; Evidence based approaches; Evidence into practice; NICE; Public health evidence; Public health methods; Review; UK

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955589573     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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