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Evaluating the use of Public Health Risk Factor Simulation Models (IN: Evaluating Health Promotion: Practice and Methods, edited by M Thorogood & Y Coombes)
Naidoo B
This chapter describes & assesses the use of public health models as a tool for evaluation. Two different designs of models, a cell-based model & a micro-simulation model, for the simulation of coronary heart disease outcomes are compared & contrasted. The overall utility of simulation models as a tool for evaluation is considered. (13 refs.)