Extra-team connections for knowledge transfer between staff teams

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 967-976

  Ramanadhan, Shoba ^a,c   Wiecha, Jean L ^b   Emmons, Karen M ^a   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^a  

^a Human Development and Health ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIETY; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 71749089195     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp030     Document Type: Article

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