Engaging policy makers in road safety research in Malaysia: A theoretical and contextual analysis

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-65

  Tran, Nhan T ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Kulanthayan, Subramaniam ^b   Singh, Suret ^c   Umar, R S Radin ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Department of Road Safety   (Malaysia)

^d Malaysian Institute for Road Safety Research ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Collective research; Engaging policy makers in road safety; Evidenced based decision making; Knowledge brokering; Knowledge translation; Malaysia; Policy engagement; Policy framework; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; RESEARCH; SAFETY;

EID: 62249191276     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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