A survey tool for measuring evidence-based decision making capacity in public health agencies

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jacobs, Julie A ^a   Clayton, Paula F ^b   Dove, Cassandra ^c   Funchess, Tanya ^c   Jones, Ellen ^d   Perveen, Ghazala ^b   Skidmore, Brandon ^b   Sutton, Victor ^c   Worthington, Sarah ^e   Baker, Elizabeth A ^f   Deshpande, Anjali D ^g   Brownson, Ross C ^a,h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Active Living KC   (United States)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; KANSAS; MISSISSIPPI; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857963476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-57     Document Type: Article

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