A mixed methods study of the factors that influence whether intervention research has policy and practice impacts: Perceptions of Australian researchers

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Newson, Robyn ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Rychetnik, Lucie ^a,b   Bauman, Adrian E ^a   Redman, Sally ^c   Milat, Andrew J ^a,d   Schroeder, Jacqueline ^a   Cohen, Gillian ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Sax Institute ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIST; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84941558814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008153     Document Type: Article

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