Effectiveness of technology-enabled knowledge translation strategies in improving the use of research in public health: Systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2020, Pages

  Brown, Alison ^a,b,c,d   Barnes, Courtney ^a,b,c,d   Byaruhanga, Judith ^a,b,c,d   McLaughlin, Matthew ^a,b,c,d   Hodder, Rebecca K ^a,b,c,d   Booth, Debbie ^e   Nathan, Nicole ^a,b,c,d   Sutherland, Rachel ^a,b,c,d   Wolfenden, Luke ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hunter New England Population Health   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Public health

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CINAHL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; FEMALE; GREY LITERATURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POPULATION HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOPUS; SELF CONCEPT; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; WORKER; CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85088908036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/17274     Document Type: Review

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