A tool to measure complexity in public health interventions

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 80-86

  Ravishankar, N ^a   Mujja, Anusha ^a   Lewis, Melissa Glenda ^a   Sreekumaran Nair, N ^a,b  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Public Health Evidence South Asia ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Complexity; Meta analysis; Public health interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMPLEXITY SCORE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84964294907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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