Effectiveness of evidence-based medicine on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of family planning providers: A randomized experiment in Jordan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  El Khoury, Marianne ^a   Thornton, Rebecca ^b   Chatterji, Minki ^a   Choi, Soon Kyu ^c  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biases; Evidence based medicine; Family planning; Health providers; Jordan

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CONTRACEPTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942626338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1101-z     Document Type: Article

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