External factors affecting decision-making and use of evidence in an Australian public health policy environment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-127

  Zardo, Pauline ^a,b   Collie, Alex ^a,b   Livingstone, Charles ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Safety   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Decision making; Policy; Public health; Research; Translation; Use

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; INJURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER; STATE ROLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

HARNESS;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84898683234     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.046     Document Type: Article

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