Priority setting for resources to improve the understanding of information about claims of treatment effects in the mass media

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 84-90

  Semakula, Daniel ^a   Nsangi, Allen ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^b   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Benefits and risks; Health risk; Therapeutics; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; UGANDA; WORKSHOP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933053953     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12153     Document Type: Article

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