Why a Health Program That Works in America Failed in Britain

Re:Why a Health Program That Works in America Failed in Britain by keithpeter on Saturday October 24, 2015 @11:01AM (#10443788)

These centres are clinging on in some local authority areas. They have education activity aimed at parents as well as health advice &c.

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Re:Why a Health Program That Works in America Failed in Britain by stuaxo on Saturday October 24, 2015 @11:07AM (#10443804)

Now that we have them in some areas and not others we can compare data and see if they work.

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Re:Why a Health Program That Works in America Failed in Britain by keithpeter on Saturday October 24, 2015 @12:09PM (#10443993)

And where will you find your data? Collected using which protocols? Can you quantify participation percentage in LA areas with sure start centres? Can you do better than OA (age at primogravid used as substitute for socio-economic data)? Basically what is your hypothesis?

Above sounds challenging. That is not my intent. I've done physics at post-doc level. I've taught for 25+ years. I've been involved in community development in my spare time for 40 years. The fields differ in surprising ways. Empiricism has an oddly limited remit.

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