Experiences of knowledge brokering for evidence-informed public health policy and practice: Three years of the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-359

  Frost, Helen ^a   Geddes, Rosemary ^a   Haw, Sally ^a,b   Jackson, Caroline A ^a   Jepson, Ruth ^a,b   Mooney, John D ^a   Frank, John ^a,c  

^a Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Knowledge broker; Knowledge translation; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873860198     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426412X654068     Document Type: Review

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