Applying knowledge translation tools to inform policy: The case of mental health in Lebanon

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yehia, Farah ^a   Jardali, Fadi El ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence informed policymaking; Knowledge translation; Mental health; Mental illness; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION TOOL; LEBANON; LICENSING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEBANON; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84931081708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-015-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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