Designing a Successful Practice-Based Research Network in Public Health: Key Concepts

Authors

Glen P. Mays, University of KentuckyFollow
Sharla A. Smith, University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesFollow

Abstract

Successful public health practice-based research networks (PBRNs) will require organizational, financial, and intellectual resources that allow practitioners and researchers to mount relevant studies in real-world public health settings. This brief outlines characteristics likely to be important to the success of public health PBRNs, based on the experience of PBRNs in other practice settings

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

5-10-2008

Funding Information

The Public Health PBRN Initiative is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Repository Citation

Mays, Glen P. and Smith, Sharla A., "Designing a Successful Practice-Based Research Network in Public Health: Key Concepts" (2008). Health Management and Policy Reports. 10.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hsm_reports/10