Gathering time-series data for evaluating behavior-change campaigns in developing countries: Reactivity of diaries and interviews

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-390

  Tobias, Robert ^a   Inauen, Jennifer ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

behavior change campaign; monitoring survey; panel data; reactivity of measurement; time series data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CUBA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

BOLIVIA; CUBA; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 78549270782     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10383940     Document Type: Article

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