Social and organizational factors affecting implementation of evidence-informed practice in a public health department in Ontario: A network modelling approach

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yousefi Nooraie, Reza ^a   Dobbins, Maureen ^a   Marin, Alexandra ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence informed decision making; Exponential random graph models; Information seeking; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COST; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84894645311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-29     Document Type: Article

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