'Dark logic': Theorising the harmful consequences of public health interventions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-98

  Bonell, Chris ^a   Jamal, Farah ^a   Melendez Torres, G J ^b   Cummins, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELFARE REFORM; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT HARM; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT HARM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84916898686     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204671     Document Type: Article

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