Causal Impact: Epidemiological Approaches for a Public Health of Consequence
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Causal Impact: Epidemiological Approaches for a Public Health of Consequence Affiliation Daniel Westreich PhD, Jessie K. Edwards PhD, Elizabeth T. Rogawski PhD, Michael G. Hudgens PhD, Elizabeth A. Stuart PhD, and Stephen R. Cole PhDDaniel Westreich, Jessie K. Edwards, and Stephen R. Cole are with the Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth T. Rogawski is with the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Michael G. Hudgens is with the Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Departments of Biostatistics, Health Policy and Management, and Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Daniel Westreich, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, CB 7435 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (e-mail: [email protected]edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints" link.CONTRIBUTORSD. Westreich wrote the first draft. All of the authors contributed to the writing and editing of the article. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303226 Accepted: April 04, 2016 Published Online: May 06, 2016
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- Authors
- Westreich, D., Edwards, J. K., Rogawski, E. T., Hudgens, M. G., Stuart, E. A., & Cole, S. R.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Daniel Westreich, Jessie K. Edwards, and Stephen R. Cole are with the Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth T. Rogawski is with the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Michael G. Hudgens is with the Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Departments of...
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1011-1012
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC4880276
- OpenAlex
- W2345363870
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (1dp2hd084070-01)
- Fogarty International Center (D43TW009359)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (DP2-HD-08-4070)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Keywords
- causal inference, causal effects, public health, epidemiological methods, causal effect estimation
- MeSH terms
- Decision Making, Health Policy, Humans, Public Health, Epidemiologic Studies, Biomedical Research
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