The roles and influence of actors in the uptake of evidence: The case of malaria treatment policy change in Uganda

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nabyonga Orem, Juliet ^a   Nanyunja, Miriam ^b   Marchal, Bruno ^c   Criel, Bart ^c   Ssengooba, Freddie ^d  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

^b Uganda Country Office   (Uganda)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Malaria; Stakeholders; Treatment policy change

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANTIMALARIALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 84908075146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0150-8     Document Type: Article

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