Implementation science in resource-poor countries and communities

Implementation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yapa, H Manisha ^a,b   Bärnighausen, Till ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity; Capacity building; Implementation; Research methods; Resource poor settings; Resources; Reverse innovation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOTE; SCIENTIST; TELEMEDICINE; THEORETICAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAPACITY BUILDING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE;

EID: 85059234164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0847-1     Document Type: Note

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