Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement.
Background: Implementation science studies often express interest in "attitudes," a term borrowed from psychology. In psychology, attitude research has an established methodological and theoretical base, which we briefly summarize here. We then review implementation studies designed to measure attit...
| Publicado en: | Implementation Science Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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| Formato: | review Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
9/14/2021
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