Role and use of evidence in policymaking: An analysis of case studies from the health sector in Nigeria

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Uguru, Nkoli ^a   Russo, Giuliano ^b   Etiaba, Enyi ^a   Mbachu, Chinyere ^a   Mirzoev, Tolib ^c   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Policy; Policymaking; Role of evidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NIGERIA; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84944704348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-015-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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