How contexts and issues influence the use of policy-relevant research syntheses: A critical interpretive synthesis

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 604-648

  Moat, Kaelan A ^a   Lavis, John N ^a,b   Abelson, Julia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

context; evidence brief; health policy; issues; knowledge translation and exchange; politics; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; EMBASE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONTEXT; EVIDENCE BRIEF; HEALTH POLICY; ISSUES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION AND EXCHANGE; POLITICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84884242378     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12026     Document Type: Article

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