Promoting evidence-based decision making in a local health department, Pueblo city-County, Colorado

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hardy, Anna K ^a   Nevin Woods, Christine ^b   Proud, Sylvia ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^c,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pueblo City County Health Department   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COLORADO; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84936938835     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.140507     Document Type: Article

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