Never the twain shall meet? - a comparison of implementation science and policy implementation research

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nilsen, Per ^a   Ståhl, Christian ^a   Roback, Kerstin ^a   Cairney, Paul ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Context; Determinants; Implementation; Interdisciplinarity; Policy; Top down

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84878690654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-63     Document Type: Article

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