Rethinking knowledge translation for public health policy

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 165-175

  Fafard, Patrick ^a   Hoffman, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Knowledge translation; Policy instruments; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066842174     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426418X15212871808802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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