Methodological pluralism in the age of evidence-informed practice and policy

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-27

  Shlonsky, Aron ^a   Mildon, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Parenting Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; evidence informed practice; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84894485178     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813516716     Document Type: Article

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