Overcoming inertia: Increasing public health departments' access to evidence-based information and promoting usage to inform practice

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-80

  La Pelle, Nancy R ^a   Dahlen, Karen ^b   Gabella, Barbara A ^c   Juhl, Ashley L ^c   Martin, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIBRARY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COLORADO; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIBRARIES; NEW ENGLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84891676232     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301404     Document Type: Article

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