Evaluating communities of practice and knowledge networks: A systematic scoping review of evaluation frameworks

EcoHealth

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 383-399

  McKellar, Kaileah A ^a,b   Pitzul, Kristen B ^a   Yi, Juliana Y ^a   Cole, Donald C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health (CoPEH Canada)   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Evaluation; Knowledge networks; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84905180458     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0958-3     Document Type: Review

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