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Peer reviewedLebowitz, Barry D. – Gerontologist, 2004
This article, based on a Lawton Award Lecture, addresses the subject of the need to enhance the evidence base in our field in order to influence processes of policy development. Four issues are identified as critical to this: theory-driven targets of public health significance, use of appropriate and sophisticated approaches to research design and…
Descriptors: Research Design, Public Policy, Methods, Public Health
