Knowledge translation interventions for facilitating evidence-informed decision-making amongst health policymakers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2022, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Toomey, Elaine ^a   Wolfenden, Luke ^b,c   Armstrong, Rebecca ^d   Booth, Debbie ^e   Christensen, Robin ^f   Byrne, Molly ^g   Dobbins, Maureen ^h   Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ⁱ   Lavis, John N ^h   Maguire, Teresa ^j   McHugh, Sheena ^k   Schmidt, Bey Marrié ^l   Mulholland, Deirdre ^m   Smith, Maureen ⁿ   Devane, Declan ^g,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^d National Disability Insurance Agency   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^j HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^m HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

ⁿ Patient Partner and Cochrane Consumer Network Executive   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; REVIEW;

EID: 85139686596     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009181     Document Type: Review

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