Moving towards a new vision: Implementation of a public health policy intervention

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Valaitis, Ruta ^a   MacDonald, Marjorie ^b   Kothari, Anita ^c   O'Mara, Linda ^a   Regan, Sandra ^c   Garcia, John ^d   Murray, Nancy ^a   Manson, Heather ^e   Peroff Johnston, Nancy ^f   Bursey, Gayle ^g   Boyko, Jennifer ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^g Region of Peel   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health policy; Implementation; Implementation science; Knowledge translation; Policy; Public health

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; ONTARIO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ONTARIO; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84969141926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3056-3     Document Type: Article

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