Knowledge translation strategies in a community-university partnership: Examining local Quality of Life (QoL)

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-125

  Williams, Allison ^a   Holden, Bill ^b   Krebs, Peter ^c   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^d   Waygood, Kate ^c   Randall, James ^e   Spence, Cara ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY OF SASKATOON   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action researcher; Knowledge translation; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATOON;

EID: 35848931925     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9123-5     Document Type: Article

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