"it's a feel. that's what a lot of our evidence would consist of ": Public health practitioners' perspectives on evidence

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-296

  Higgins, Joan Wharf ^a   Strange, Karen ^a   Scarr, Jennifer ^b   Pennock, Michael ^c   Barr, Victoria ^d   Yew, Ann ^e   Drummond, Janine ^a   Terpstra, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; healthy living; implementation; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053292363     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710393954     Document Type: Article

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