Barriers to knowledge production, knowledge translation, and urban health policy change: Ideological, economic, and political considerations

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 915-924

  Muntaner, Carles ^a,d   Chung, Haejoo ^b   Murphy, Kelly ^c   Ng, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Ideology; Knowledge production; Knowledge translation; Political economy; Power relations; Scientific research; Social conflict; Sociology of science; Urban health policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84878480611     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9699-1     Document Type: Article

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