Research use in children's mental health policy in Canada: Maintaining vigilance amid ambiguity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1649-1657

  Waddell, Charlotte ^a   Lavis, John N ^b,c   Abelson, Julia ^b,c   Lomas, Jonathan ^d   Shepherd, Cody A ^a   Bird Gayson, Twylla ^a   Giacomini, Mita ^b   Offord, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Canadian Health Services Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial behaviour; Canada; Children's mental health; Health policy; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge utilization

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; CONDUCT DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH;

EID: 22144455295     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.032     Document Type: Article

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