Public health human resources: A comparative analysis of policy documents in two Canadian provinces

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Regan, Sandra ^a   MacDonald, Marjorie ^b   Allan, Diane E ^b   Martin, Cheryl ^c   Peroff Johnston, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Policy analysis; Public health human resources; Public health systems renewal; Public health systems research; Public health workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; ONTARIO; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84894648871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-13     Document Type: Article

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