Impact of an organization-wide knowledge translation strategy to support evidence-informed public health decision making

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Dobbins, Maureen ^a   Traynor, Robyn L ^b   Workentine, Stephanie ^c   Yousefi Nooraie, Reza ^d   Yost, Jennifer ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovations; Evidence informed decision making; Knowledge broker; Knowledge translation; Organizational change; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SKILL; STAFF; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONTARIO;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85059266629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6317-5     Document Type: Article

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