Incorporating research evidence into decision-making processes: Researcher and decision-maker perceptions from five low- and middle-income countries

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shroff, Zubin ^a   Aulakh, Bhupinder ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Agyepong, Irene A ^d   El Jardali, Fadi ^e   Ghaffar, Abdul ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Evidence; Jacobson's framework; Low and middle income countries; Policymaking

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARGENTINA; BANGLADESH; CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGERIA; PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ZAMBIA;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARGENTINA; BANGLADESH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAMEROON; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; JUDGMENT; LEADERSHIP; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84959237255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-015-0059-y     Document Type: Article

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