Beyond bridging the know-do gap: A qualitative study of systemic interaction to foster knowledge exchange in the public health sector in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Den Driessen Mareeuw, Francine ^a   Vaandrager, Lenneke ^b   Klerkx, Laurens ^b   Naaldenberg, Jenneken ^a   Koelen, Maria ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Implementation; Innovation system; Know do gap; Knowledge exchange; Public health; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84941949775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2271-7     Document Type: Article

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