Utilization of a population health survey in policy and practice: A case study

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Laws, Rachel ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^a   Milat, Andrew ^a   Rissel, Chris ^a   Newson, Robyn ^a   Rychetnik, Lucie ^a   Bauman, Adrian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Government; Policy; Population health; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOLS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION SURVEY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84873034462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-4     Document Type: Article

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