Rethinking capacity building for knowledge mobilisation: Developing multilevel capabilities in healthcare organisations

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kislov, Roman ^a   Waterman, Heather ^b   Harvey, Gill ^a,c   Boaden, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capability development; Capacity building; Facilitation; Implementation; Knowledge mobilisation; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge translation; Organisational capabilities; Organisational learning; Service improvement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84920825148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0166-0     Document Type: Article

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