Enhancing implementation science by applying best principles of systems science

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Northridge, Mary E ^a   Metcalf, Sara S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Best principles; Complexity; Context; Health equity; Implementation science; Modelling; Oral health; Primary care; Screening at chairside; Systems science

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; EXTRACT; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MODEL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCIENTIST; SCREENING; SOCIAL NETWORK; THINKING; TRUST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84992035069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0146-8     Document Type: Review

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