Research-policy partnerships - experiences of the Mental Health and Poverty Project in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mirzoev, Tolib N ^a   Omar, Maye A ^a   Green, Andrew T ^a   Bird, Philippa K ^a   Lund, Crick ^b   Ofori Atta, Angela ^c   Doku, Victor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Mental health; Ministry of health; Partnership; Research policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; GHANA; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; TRUST; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GHANA; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84866171021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-10-30     Document Type: Article

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