Designing a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in the Americas region: Using the best available evidence and case studies

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Haby, Michelle M ^a,b   Chapman, Evelina ^c   Clark, Rachel ^d   Barreto, Jorge ^e   Reveiz, Ludovic ^f   Lavis, John N ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^d The Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL; STAFF; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

AMERICAS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84982293144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0472-9     Document Type: Article

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