A practical example of Contribution Analysis to a public health intervention

Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-229

  Biggs, Janice S ^a   Farrell, Louise ^b   Lawrence, Glenda ^a   Johnson, Julie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sydney Olympic Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contribution Analysis; Influencing factors; Mechanism for change; Practical example; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904977613     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389014527527     Document Type: Article

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