Behavior change interventions and policies influencing primary healthcare professionals' practice-an overview of reviews

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Chauhan, Bhupendrasinh F ^a,b,c   Jeyaraman, Maya ^c   Mann, Amrinder Singh ^c   Lys, Justin ^c   Skidmore, Becky ^d   Sibley, Kathryn M ^a,c   Abou Setta, Ahmed ^a,c   Zarychanksi, Ryan ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba   (Canada)

^c Manitoba SPOR SUPPORT Unit   (Canada)

^d Independent information specialist   (Canada)

^e CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 85008440895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0538-8     Document Type: Review

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