Capturing lessons learned from evidence-to-policy initiatives through structured reflection

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a,b   Lavis, John ^b,c,d   Moat, Kaelan ^c,d   Pantoja, Tomas ^e   Ataya, Nour ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; BANGLADESH; BURKINA FASO; ETHIOPIA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84892456343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-2     Document Type: Article

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