Translating research for health policy: Researchers' perceptions and use of social media

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1278-1285

  Grande, David ^a   Gollust, Sarah E ^b   Pany, Maximilian ^c   Seymour, Jane ^a   Goss, Adeline ^d   Kilaru, Austin ^d   Meisel, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905966276     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0300     Document Type: Article

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