Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: A cluster randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 9989, 2015, Pages 145-153

  Kim, David A ^a   Hwong, Alison R ^a   Stafford, Derek ^b   Hughes, D Alex ^c   O'Malley, A James ^d   Fowler, James H ^c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MULTIVITAMIN; TRACE ELEMENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; VITAMIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; FUNDING; HONDURAS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WATER MANAGEMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEFICIENCY; DISINFECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; VITAMINS; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945129626     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60095-2     Document Type: Article

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