Policy and practice impacts of applied research: A case study analysis of the New South Wales Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme 2000-2006

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Milat, Andrew J ^a,b   Laws, Rachel ^b   King, Lesley ^b   Newson, Robyn ^b   Rychetnik, Lucie ^b   Rissel, Chris ^b   Bauman, Adrian E ^b   Redman, Sally ^c   Bennie, Jason ^b  

^a NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Government; Health promotion; Intervention research; Policy

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; POLICY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRIANGULATION;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84873053263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-5     Document Type: Article

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