Type, frequency and purpose of information used to inform public health policy and program decision-making Health policies, systems and management

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zardo, Pauline ^a,b,c   Collie, Alex ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence; Government; Policy; Public health; Research; Research translation; Translation; Use

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 84927936077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1581-0     Document Type: Article

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