Measuring the success of facilitated engagement between knowledge producers and users: A validated scale

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-252

  Dwan, Kathryn Madonna ^a   McInnes, Peter ^a   Mazumdar, Soumya ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health policy; Knowledge mobilisation; Knowledge translation and transfer; Linkage and exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929672052     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426414X14165029835102     Document Type: Article

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