Implementation research: new imperatives and opportunities in global health

The Lancet

Volumn 392, Issue 10160, 2018, Pages 2214-2228

  Theobald, Sally ^a   Brandes, Neal ^b   Gyapong, Margaret ^c   El Saharty, Sameh ^d   Proctor, Enola ^e   Diaz, Theresa ^f   Wanji, Samuel ^g   Elloker, Soraya ^h   Raven, Joanna ^a   Elsey, Helen ⁱ   Bharal, Sushil ^j   Pelletier, David ^k   Peters, David H ^l  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^h City of Cape Town   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j Herd International   (Nepal)

^k Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRAWING; FIELD STUDY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NOTE; SCALE UP; SCIENTIST; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE;

EID: 85056551285     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32205-0     Document Type: Note

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