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A False Dichotomy: RCTs and Their Contributions to Evidence-Based Public Health

Global public health should rely on those research methods that best answer the pressing questions at hand. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and other rigorous impact evaluation methods have a critical role to play in public health.

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Autores principales: Hatt, Laurel E, Chatterji, Minki, Miles, Leslie, Comfort, Alison B, Bellows, Benjamin W, Okello, Francis O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4356283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25745128
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00245
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spelling pubmed-43562832015-03-13 A False Dichotomy: RCTs and Their Contributions to Evidence-Based Public Health Hatt, Laurel E Chatterji, Minki Miles, Leslie Comfort, Alison B Bellows, Benjamin W Okello, Francis O Glob Health Sci Pract Taking Exception Global public health should rely on those research methods that best answer the pressing questions at hand. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and other rigorous impact evaluation methods have a critical role to play in public health. Global Health: Science and Practice 2015-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4356283/ /pubmed/25745128 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00245 Text en © Abt Associates Inc. and Population Council. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00245.
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