What football teaches us about researching complex health interventions

Clark, A. M.; Briffa, T. G.; Thirsk, L.; Neubeck, L.; Redfern, J.

Abstract

Football and healthcare are both complex adaptive systems. Alex Clark and colleagues wonder how and why football scores more highly when it comes to introducing interventions.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Dec 16, 2012
• Publication Date: Dec 14, 2012
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 2, 2016
• Journal: BMJ
• Print ISSN: 0959-8138
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-1833
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 345
• Issue: dec14 12
• Pages: e8316-e8316
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e8316
• Keywords: Healthcare, football, complex,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/411087
• Contract Date: Nov 2, 2016