ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2025
Using natural experiments to evaluate population health and health system interventions: new framework for producers and users of evidence.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impacts of built environment changes on physical activity in Canada: a systematic review of natural experiments.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Defining the Social Needs Service Cascade: Evidence From A Multistakeholder Qualitative Study.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2026Article
- Systems-informed approaches to evaluating population health interventions: Reflections from three case studies.Evaluation (London, England : 1995) · 2026Article
- Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality among Japanese and Non-Japanese Residents: A Natural Experimental Study.JMA journal · 2026Article
- Even the COVID-19 pandemic didn´t change anything: insights from a trend study on the cooperation of general practitioners and occupational health physicians in Germany.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Risk of Bias in Experiments, Quasi-Experiments and Natural Experiments Across Disciplines: Discussion Paper and Assessment Framework.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Applying a complex systems-informed approach to population health interventions: a methodological case-study example of traffic restriction schemes outside schools.BMC public health · 2026Article
- An investigation of discrepancies in outcome reporting and selective reporting bias in interrupted time series studies of health interventions: a methodological study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Long-term impacts of co-designed sustainable park improvements on physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours: a 7-year natural experimental study in a deprived urban area.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Article
- Natural experiments for healthier communities: evidence to drive Canadian policy and practice.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026Article
- Natural experiments in the built environment: evaluating impacts on health.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026Article
- An urgent need to build climate and health intervention trial capacity.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Timing of Intrapartum Antibiotics at Caesarean Section and Risk of Asthma, Eczema and Allergic Rhinitis: Results From a Natural Experiment.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- The public health impact of private fitness expansion.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Evaluation of special educational needs and disability provision in English primary schools using administrative health and education data in the ECHILD database.International journal of population data science · 2026Article
- Effectiveness and equity impacts of traffic restriction schemes outside schools: a controlled natural experimental study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of JU:MP a whole system approach to improve physical activity of children aged 5 to 11 years living in multi-ethnic and socio-economically deprived communities: a non-randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The feasibility of evaluating outdoor nature-based early childhood education and care provision: a pilot quasi-experimental design.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Models of housing and support to reduce risks of COVID-19 infection and homelessness: the moving on pilot randomised controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
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