A practical and systematic approach to organisational capacity strengthening for research in the health sector in Africa

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bates, Imelda ^a   Boyd, Alan ^b   Smith, Helen ^a   Cole, Donald C ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Capacity building; Capacity development; Health systems; Organisational capacity; Organisational capacity development; Research capacity strengthening

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPECTATION; FUNDING; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LABORATORY; LEARNING; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALAWI; MANAGER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENEGAL; SKILL; SOCIOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDY DESIGN; TANZANIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UGANDA;

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84897543404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-11     Document Type: Article

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