Spatially informed knowledge translation: Informing potential users of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-419

  Giesbrecht, Melissa ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Williams, Allison ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Compassionate Care Benefit; Family caregiving; Knowledge translation; Knowledge to action cycle; Research utilization; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AGED; AWARENESS; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 67849094019     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.037     Document Type: Article

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