Identifying trustworthy experts: How do policymakers find and assess public health researchers worth consulting or collaborating with?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Haynes, Abby S ^a,b   Derrick, Gemma E ^c   Redman, Sally ^b   Hall, Wayne D ^d   Gillespie, James A ^a,e   Chapman, Simon ^a   Sturk, Heidi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLICY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; TRUST; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COOPERATION; EXPERT WITNESS; GOVERNMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF REPORT; TRUST;

EID: 84857722664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032665     Document Type: Article

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