Amplifying the role of knowledge translation platforms in the COVID-19 pandemic response

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a,b   Bou Karroum, Lama ^a   Fadlallah, Racha ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

COVID 19 pandemic; Data; Evidence; Evidence informed policy making; Knowledge translation; Research

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MISINFORMATION; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRUST; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLICY MAKING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85086007910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-020-00576-y     Document Type: Review

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