Creating windows of opportunity for policy change: Incorporating evidence into decentralized planning in Kenya

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 669-672

  Ashford, Lori S ^a   Smith, Rhonda R ^a   De Souza, Roger Mark ^a   Fikree, Fariyal F ^a   Yinger, Nancy V ^a  

^a Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; RESEARCH WORK;

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KENYA; POLITICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748339596     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.030593     Document Type: Review

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