Evidence-Based Public Health

by Ross C. Brownson, Anjali D. Deshpande, Elizabeth A. Baker, et al.

Book Overview

There are at least three ways in which a public health program or policy may not reach stated goals for success:
1) Choosing an intervention approach whose effectiveness is not established in the scientific literature;
2) Selecting a potentially effective program or policy yet achieving only weak, incomplete implementation or "reach," thereby failing to attain objectives;
3) Conducting an inadequate or incorrect evaluation that results...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195397894
• ISBN13: 9780195397895
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

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