The appraisal of public health interventions: The use of theory

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 166-171

  Threlfall, Anthony G ^a   Meah, Soraya ^b   Fischer, Alastair J ^c   Cookson, Richard ^d   Rutter, Harry ^e   Kelly, Michael P ^c  

^a Theorize Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent researcher   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health services; methods; public health

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84988268449     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu044     Document Type: Article

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