Critical examination of knowledge to action models and implications for promoting health equity

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Davison, Colleen M ^a   Ndumbe Eyoh, Sume ^b   Clement, Connie ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health equity; Health inequalities; Knowledge translation; Public health interventions

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH DISPARITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84931030535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0178-7     Document Type: Article

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