Increasing the scale and adoption of population health interventions: Experiences and perspectives of policy makers, practitioners, and researchers

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Milat, Andrew J ^a,b   King, Lesley ^b   Newson, Robyn ^b   Wolfenden, Luke ^c   Rissel, Chris ^b   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Redman, Sally ^d  

^a NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention development; Intervention studies; Scaling up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP; SCIENTIST;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84899480824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-18     Document Type: Article

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