Knowledge integration: Conceptualizing communications in cancer control systems
Patient Education and CounselingPublished 10 April 2008
Allan Best, Robert A. Hiatt, Cameron D. Norman
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A systems-oriented approach to integrating evidence into action assists organizations to conduct research and policy and practice and practitioners can use this framework to understand the challenges of implementing and evaluating cancer control strategies.
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Practitioners can use this framework to understand the challenges of implementing and evaluating cancer control strategies.
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