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Abstract Background: The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the

1.MANAGE an evaluation or evaluation system 2.DEFINE what is to be evaluated 3. FRAME the boundaries of an evaluation 4.DESCRIBE activities, outcomes, impacts and context

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