Making evidence more wanted: A systematic review of facilitators to enhance the uptake of evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 338-346

  Wallace, John ^a   Byrne, Charles ^b   Clarke, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Roscommon County Hospital   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitator; Knowledge translation; Meta analysis; Systematic review; The Cochrane Library

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MASS COMMUNICATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84877158049     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2012.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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