Integrating research and system-wide practice in public health: Lessons learnt from Better Start Bradford

BMC Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Dickerson, Josie ^a   Bird, Philippa K ^a   Bryant, Maria ^b   Dharni, Nimarta ^a   Bridges, Sally ^a   Willan, Kathryn ^a   Ahern, Sara ^c   Dunn, Abigail ^d   Nielsen, Dea ^d   Uphoff, Eleonora P ^d   Bywater, Tracey ^d   Bowyer Crane, Claudine ^d   Sahota, Pinki ^c   Small, Neil ^e   Howell, Michaela ^f   Thornton, Gill ^f   Pickett, Kate E ^d   McEachan, Rosemary R C ^a   Wright, John ^a  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Bradford Trident   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Integration; Pragmatic evaluation; Public health; Service evaluation; Systems change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENTIST; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; WELLBEING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; POVERTY; STANDARDS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 85062423117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6554-2     Document Type: Article

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