Health system context and implementation of evidence-based practices-development and validation of the Context Assessment for Community Health (COACH) tool for low- and middle-income settings

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bergström, Anna ^a   Skeen, Sarah ^b   Duc, Duong M ^a,c   Blandon, Elmer Zelaya ^d   Estabrooks, Carole ^e   Gustavsson, Petter ^f   Hoa, Dinh Thi Phuong ^c,g   Källestål, Carina ^a   Målqvist, Mats ^a   Nga, Nguyen Thu ^g   Persson, Lars Åke ^a   Pervin, Jesmin ^h   Peterson, Stefan ^a,f,i   Rahman, Anisur ^h   Selling, Katarina ^a   Squires, Janet E ^j,k   Tomlinson, Mark ^b   Waiswa, Peter ^f,i   Wallin, Lars ^f,l  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d Fundacion Coordinación de Hermanamientos e Iniciativas de Cooperación CHICA   (Nicaragua)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g National Hospital of Paediatrics   (Viet Nam)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^j OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84938945695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0305-2     Document Type: Article

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