Print media coverage of primary healthcare and related research evidence in South Africa.

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Published in Health Res Policy Syst on November 12, 2015

Authors

Olagoke Akintola1,2, John N Lavis3,4,5,6,7, Ryan Hoskins8

Author Affiliations

1: School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mazisi Kunene Road, Glenwood, Durban, 4041, South Africa. akintolao@ukzn.ac.za.
2: School of Human and Social Development, Nipissing University, 100 College Drive, ON, P1B 8 L7, North Bay, Canada. akintolao@ukzn.ac.za.
3: McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, MML 417, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4 L6, Canada. lavisj@mcmaster.ca.
4: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4 K1, Canada. lavisj@mcmaster.ca.
5: Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, CRL 209, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4 K1, Canada. lavisj@mcmaster.ca.
6: Department of Political Science, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada. lavisj@mcmaster.ca.
7: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. lavisj@mcmaster.ca.
8: Alberta Health Services, 1701-10010 119 St., Edmonton, Alberta, T5K1Y8, Canada. ryanhoskinscanada@gmail.com.

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