Communities of practice: The missing link for knowledge management on implementation issues in low-income countries?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1007-1014

  Meessen, Bruno ^a   Kouanda, Seni ^b   Musango, Laurent ^c   Richard, Fabienne ^a   Ridde, Valéry ^b,d   Soucat, Agnès ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^c WHO AFRO ^*  (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Implementation science; Knowledge management; User fee

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCIENTIST;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; POVERTY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 79960209853     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02794.x     Document Type: Article

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