Knowledge exchange in the Pacific: The TROPIC (Translational Research into Obesity Prevention Policies for Communities) project

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mavoa, Helen ^a   Waqa, Gade ^b   Moodie, Marj ^a   Kremer, Peter ^c   McCabe, Marita ^a   Snowdon, Wendy ^a,b   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Knowledge broker; Knowledge exchange; Obesity; Pacific; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIJI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIJI; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84864119813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-552     Document Type: Article

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