Research evidence and policy: Qualitative study in selected provinces in South Africa and Cameroon

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Naude, Celeste E ^a   Zani, Babalwa ^b   Ongolo Zogo, Pierre ^c   Wiysonge, Charles S ^a,b   Dudley, Lillian ^a   Kredo, Tamara ^b   Garner, Paul ^d   Young, Taryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAMEROON; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84940523009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0315-0     Document Type: Article

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