Perspectives on the role of stakeholders in knowledge translation in health policy development in Uganda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nabyonga Orem, Juliet ^a   Marchal, Bruno ^b   Mafigiri, Davidkaawa ^c   Ssengooba, Freddie ^c   Macq, Jean ^d   Da Silveira, Valeria Campos ^b   Criel, Bart ^b  

^a Health Systems and Services Cluster   (Uganda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Low income countries; Policy; Practice; Research; Roles; Stakeholders; Uganda; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 84883257207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-324     Document Type: Article

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