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'The Anglo-Saxon disease': a pilot study of the barriers to and facilitators of the use of randomised controlled trials of social programmes in an international context

Roberts, H; Petticrew, M; Liabo, K; Macintyre, S; (2012) 'The Anglo-Saxon disease': a pilot study of the barriers to and facilitators of the use of randomised controlled trials of social programmes in an international context. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health , 66 (11) 1025 -1029. 10.1136/jech-2011-200313. Green open access

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Abstract

There appears to be considerable variation between different national jurisdictions and between different sectors of public policy in the use of evidence and particularly the use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate non-healthcare sector programmes.

Type: Article
Title: 'The Anglo-Saxon disease': a pilot study of the barriers to and facilitators of the use of randomised controlled trials of social programmes in an international context
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200313
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2011-200313
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
Keywords: Administrative Personnel, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Pilot Projects, Policy Making, Public Policy, Public Sector, Qualitative Research, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, World Health
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1346264
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