Exchanging and using research evidence in health policy networks: A statistical network analysis

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shearer, Jessica C ^a   Dion, Michelle ^b   Lavis, John N ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence informed health policy; Exponential random graph model; Knowledge translation; Policy network; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84920848543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0126-8     Document Type: Article

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