The construction of evidence-based local health policy through partnerships: Research infrastructure, process, and context in the Rotterdam 'Healthy in the City' programme

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-460

  Wehrens, Rik ^a   Bekker, Marleen ^a   Bal, Roland ^a  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

evidence based public health; research utilization; science policy partnerships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78649893501     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.33     Document Type: Article

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