Theory-driven evaluation of public health programmes

Evidence-Based Public Health: Effectiveness and Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pawson, Ray ^a   Sridharan, Sanjeev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health policy; Programme evaluation; Public health programmes; Theory driven evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920903425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563623.003.04     Document Type: Chapter

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