Academic advocacy in public health: Disciplinary ‘duty’ or political ‘propaganda’?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-43

  Smith, K E ^a   Stewart, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Advocacy; Evidence; Knowledge exchange; Participation; Policy; Public health; UK

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; THINKING; VOICE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHICS; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 85026771257     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.014     Document Type: Article

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