Public health knowledge utilisation by policy actors: An evaluation study in midden-holland, the Netherlands

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-24

  De Goede, Joyce ^a,b   Steenkamer, Betty ^c   Treurniet, Henriëtte ^c   Putters, Kim ^d   Van Oers, Hans ^a,b  

^a Academic Collaborative Centre Public Health Brabant   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health, care and prevention; Policy development; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860475696     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426411X552972     Document Type: Article

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