Building the Evidence Base for Population-Level Interventions: Barriers and Opportunities

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-140

  Lifsey, Sarah ^a   Cash, Amanda ^b   Anthony, Jodi ^c   Mathis, Sheryl ^a   Silva, Sandra ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; evaluation; health disparities; health policy; social determinants

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84926387370     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114568429     Document Type: Article

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