Barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health: A national survey of chronic disease practitioners

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 736-742

  Jacobs, Julie A ^a   Dodson, Elizabeth A ^b   Baker, Elizabeth A ^a   Deshpande, Anjali D ^c   Brownson, Ross C ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957962479     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500516     Document Type: Article

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