Diffusion of practice-based research in local public health: What differentiates adopters from nonadopters?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 529-534

  Shah, Gulzar H ^a   Lovelace, Kay ^b   Mays, Glen P ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

community health assessment; county health rankings; governance; local health department; practice based research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867569378     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182602e5b     Document Type: Article

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