Statistical methods for designing and assessing the effectiveness of community-based interventions with small numbers

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-248

  Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^a,b,c   Villaveces, Andrés ^c,d,e   Garrettson, Mariana ^c   Ringwalt, Chris ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

before after intervention designs; community based participatory research; meta regression; random effects meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAFETY;

EID: 84865465441     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2012.704050     Document Type: Article

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