Realist Trials and Systematic Reviews: Rigorous, Useful Evidence to Inform Health Policy - Softcover

Bonell, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1009456601 ISBN 13: 9781009456609

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Explains how to evaluate health interventions, providing evidence to inform policy decisions and scientific advancement.

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About the Authors

Chris Bonell is Professor of Public Health & Sociology in the Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His research mainly focuses on adolescent health, sexual health and violence. He was involved in scientific advice to the UK government during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in the areas of communication strategies and school interventions.

G. J. Melendez-Torres is Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology at the University of Exeter, where he also holds the citiesRISE Research Chair in Public Mental Health. A registered nurse, his research is primarily in epidemiology and evaluation in child and adolescent health and in intimate partner violence.

Emily Warren is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she evaluates public policies and complex interventions using realist approaches. She is a recipient of the European Society for Prevention Research Presidents' Award in recognition of her work on the philosophical compatibility and feasibility of realist RCTs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009456601
• ISBN 13: 9781009456609
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134