Competency, confidence and conflicting evidence: Key issues affecting health visitors' use of research evidence in practice

BMC Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hilton, Shona ^a   Bedford, Helen ^b   Calnan, Michael ^c   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65549158009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-8-4     Document Type: Article

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