The role and utilisation of public health evaluations in Europe: A case study of national hand hygiene campaigns

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Latham, Jonathan R ^a   Magiorakos, Anna Pelagia ^a   Monnet, Dominique L ^a   Alleaume, Sophie ^b   Aspevall, Olov ^c   Blacky, Alexander ^d   Borg, Michael ^e   Ciurus, Maria ^f   Costa, Ana Cristina ^g   Cunney, Robert ^h   Dolinšek, Mojca ⁱ   Dumpis, Uga ^j   Erne, Sabine ^k   Gudlaugsson, Olafur ^l   Hedlova, Dana ^m   Heisbourg, Elisabeth ⁿ   Holt, Jette ^o   Kerbo, Natalia ^p   Sorknes, Nina Kristine ^q   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^r   Maltezou, Helena C ^s   Michael, Stavroula ^t   Moro, Maria Luisa ^u   Reichardt, Christiane ^u   Stefkovicova, Maria ^v,w   Szilágyi, Emese ^x   Valinteliene, Rolanda ^y   Vatcheva Dobrevska, Rossitza ^z   Viseur, Natacha ^aa   Voss, Andreas ^ab   Woodward, Suzette ^ac   Cordier, Laura ^ad   Jansen, Andreas ^a   more..

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b Ministère de la Santé   (France)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g General Directorate of Health Lisbon   (Portugal)

^h HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^k Office for Public Health   (Liechtenstein)

^l LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^m Department of Neurosurgery   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ Dir de la Santé Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^o STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^p Health Board   (Estonia)

^q NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^r NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^s Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^t NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^u CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^v Regional Public Health Authority   (Slovakia)

^w ALEXANDER DUB EK UNIVERSITY OF TREN ÍN   (Slovakia)

^x NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^y Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

^z NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^aa SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^ab RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ac NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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

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Author keywords

Evaluation; Evidence based public health; Hand hygiene; Healthcare associated infections

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84893665253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-131     Document Type: Article

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