Participants' perceptions of a knowledge-brokering strategy to facilitate evidence-informed policy-making in Fiji

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Waqa, Gade ^a   Mavoa, Helen ^b   Snowdon, Wendy ^a,b   Moodie, Marj ^b   Nadakuitavuki, Rigieta ^c   Mc Cabe, Marita ^b   Swinburn, Boyd ^b,d  

^a FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evidence informed policy making; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge brokering strategies; Perceived barriers

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIJI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIJI; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84881059187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-725     Document Type: Article

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