Research that influences policy and practice - Characteristics ofoperational research to improve malaria control in Mpumalanga Province, SouthAfrica

Malaria Journal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-7

  Durrheim, David N ^a   Speare, Richard ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248331316     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-1-1     Document Type: Article

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