Translating evidence into practice: The role of health research funders

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Holmes, Bev ^a   Scarrow, Gayle ^a   Schellenberg, Megan ^a  

^a Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence informed policy; Evidence informed practice; Funding agencies; Health research; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

CANADA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 84862201901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-39     Document Type: Article

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