Translating Evidence-Based Practices Into Policy: A Case Study in Texas

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-401

  Cochran, Gerald ^a   Montgomery, Katherine L ^a   Bell, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; health care; policy; screening and brief intervention; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS;

EID: 84861439620     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2012.660568     Document Type: Article

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