Creating, Synthesizing, and Sharing: The Management of Knowledge in Public Health

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 339-348

  Sibbald, Shannon L ^a   Kothari, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Knowledge management; Public health; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84937516248     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12184     Document Type: Article

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