Collaborative development and implementation of a knowledge brokering program to promote research use in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dagenais, Christian ^a   Somé, Télesphore D ^b   Boileau Falardeau, Michéle ^a   McSween Cadieux, Esther ^a   Ridde, Valéry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Société d'Etudes et de Recherche en Santé Publique Ouagadougou SERSAP   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Evidence based decision making; Evidence based practices; Global health; Knowledge brokering; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BURKINA FASO; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84930685449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26004     Document Type: Article

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