A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions Biostatistics and methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Borek, Aleksandra J ^a   Abraham, Charles ^a   Smith, Jane R ^a   Greaves, Colin J ^a   Tarrant, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change interventions; Group based interventions; Reporting guidelines; Reporting quality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHECKLIST; EVALUATION STUDY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHECKLIST; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84942326472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2300-6     Document Type: Article

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