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

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can and do make valuable contributions, they also have severe limitations, including in answering the basic question of “Does it work?” and, even more so, in steering how to proceed with complex public health programming at scale. They deserve no exalted pos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shelton, James D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2015
Materias:
Taking Exception
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4356284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25745129
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00045
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Sumario:While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can and do make valuable contributions, they also have severe limitations, including in answering the basic question of “Does it work?” and, even more so, in steering how to proceed with complex public health programming at scale. They deserve no exalted position in the pantheon of methodologies for evidence-based public health.

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