Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: A survey of researchers

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lavis, John N ^a,b,c   Guindon, G Emmanuel ^b,c   Cameron, David ^b,c   Boupha, Boungnong ^d   Dejman, Masoumeh ^e   Osei, Eric J A ^f   Sadana, Ritu ^g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^f West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INDIA; IRAN; KAZAKHSTAN; LAOS; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77953606370     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081164     Document Type: Article

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