Evidence-informed policymaking in practice: Country-level examples of use of evidence for iCCM policy

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages ii36-ii45

  Rodríguez, Daniela C ^a   Shearer, Jessica ^a   Mariano, Alda R E ^b   Juma, Pamela A ^c   Dalglish, Sarah L ^a   Bennett, Sara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Case management; child health; evidence based policy; Kenya; Mozambique; Niger; policy analysis; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFRICA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84950309893     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv033     Document Type: Review

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