Utilization of epidemiological research for the development of local public health policy in the Netherlands: A case study approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 707-714

  De Goede, Joyce ^a   Putters, Kim ^b   Van Oers, Hans ^a,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Epidemiology; Local health policy; Policy actors; Research utilization; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNET; LOCAL HEALTH MESSAGE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84857057684     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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