Engaging policy makers in action on socially determined health inequities: Developing evidence-informed cameos

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-70

  Priest, Naomi ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   Valentine, Nicole ^b   Armstrong, Rebecca ^a   Friel, Sharon ^c   Prasad, Amit ^b   Solar, Orielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Knowledge translation; Policy; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955149484     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426409X395411     Document Type: Article

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