Unpacking capacity to utilize research: A tale of the Burkina Faso public health association

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Hamel, Nadia ^a   Schrecker, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Health professional associations; Low and middle income countries; Organizational determinants; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; LOW INCOME POPULATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH UTILIZATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; WRITING SKILL;

BURKINA FASO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 78650169827     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.051     Document Type: Article

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