Liebowitz, Jay (Ed.)

Knowledge management in public health / edited by Jay Liebowitz, Richard A. Schieber, and Joanne D. Andreadis. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2010. - xxi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Section I: Knowledge management: today and beyond -- The quick basics of knowledge management -- Knowledge management and public health: a winning combination -- Extending cross-generational knowledge flow research in edge organizations -- Knowledge retention trends and strategies for knowledge workers and organizations -- Section II: Knowledge management applications in public health -- Examples of knowledge management in public health -- Building knowledge management in an international health NGO -- Trying to revive an anemic system: a case study from USAID's nutrition division -- Formulating KM strategies at the local level: a new approach to knowledge sharing in large public health organizations -- Knowledge management: a mechanism for promoting evidence-informed public health decision making -- myPublicHealth: utilizing knowledge management to improve public health practice and decision making -- Connections: sharing experience to advance public health practice -- The association of public health laboratories: from surveys toward knowledge management, a voyage to Cythera

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Knowledge management.
Public health.
Medical informatics.
Public health informatics.
Information management.