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Authors: Rutter, H., Savona, N., Glonti, K., Bibby, J., Cummins, S., Finegood, D. T., Greaves, F., Harper, L., Hawe, P., Moore, L., Petticrew, M., Rehfuess, E., Shiell, A., Thomas, J., & White, M.
Affiliations: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Health Foundation (GB)
Simon Fraser University (CA)
Public Health England (GB)
The University of Sydney (AU)
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
La Trobe University (AU)
University College London (GB)
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author: Rutter, Harry
ORCID: Rutter, Harry
Savona, Natalie
Glonti, Ketevan
Cummins, Steven
Finegood, Diane T
Greaves, Felix
Hawe, Penelope
Moore, Laurence
Petticrew, Mark
Rehfuess, Eva
Shiell, Alan
Thomas, James
White, Martin
Venue: The Lancet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-12
Volume: 390
Issue: 10112
Pages: 2602-2604
ISSN: 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31267-9
OpenAlex: W2626277945
Cited by: 1,260
References: 33
Citations by year: 2026: 107 · 2025: 139 · 2024: 147 · 2023: 150 · 2022: 148 · 2021: 149 · 2020: 193 · 2019: 112 · 2018: 90 · 2017: 24
FWCI: 102.22
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
doi.org
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: The Lancet (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion)
LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Apollo
Funders: UK Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12017/14)
Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU14)
Topics: Social Sciences › Public Administration › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Public Health Policies and Education
Keywords: complex systems, public health evidence, evidence-based public health, causal inference, public health interventions, intervention implementation
MeSH terms: Humans, Models, Theoretical, Public Health, Public Health Administration, Systems Analysis, Evidence-Based Practice

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