Striving for better health through health research in post-conflict Timor-Leste.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Purpose of the study was to test a theoretical model to assess and develop policies for the promotion of physical activity among older people as part of an international intervention study. METHODS:248 semi-standardized interviews with policy-makers were conducted in 15 European nations. The questionnaire a...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Rütten A,Abu-Omar K,Gelius P,Dinan-Young S,Frändin K,Hopman-Rock M,Young A

更新日期：2012-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based organizations are important health system stakeholders as they provide numerous, often highly valued programs and services to the members of their community. However, community-based organizations are described using diverse terminology and concepts from across a range of disciplines. To better underst...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Wilson MG,Lavis JN,Guta A

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a serious worldwide medical condition, considered by some researchers as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. The main objective of this study was to assess the quantity and quality of obesity-related research from Arab countries and compare it with that from non-Ara...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Sweileh WM,Zyoud SH,Al-Jabi SW,Sawalha AF

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health system governance is widely recognised as critical to well-performing health systems in low- and middle-income countries. However, in 2008, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research identified governance as a neglected health systems research issue. Given the demands of such research, the Al...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： RESYST\/DIAHLS learning site team.

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In rural settings where patients face significant structural barriers to accessing healthcare services, the formal existence of government-provided health coverage does not necessarily translate to meaningful care delivery. This paper analyses the effectiveness of an innovative approach to overcome these bar...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Williamson A,de León LP,Garza FR,Macías V,Flores Navarro H

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In light of the gap in evidence to inform future resource allocation decisions about healthcare provider (HCP) training in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and the considerable donor investments being made towards training interventions, evaluation studies that are optimally designed to inform local...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Wu S,Legido-Quigley H,Spencer J,Coker RJ,Khan MS

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Strategy (IMCI) is effective in improving management of sick children, and thus child survival. It is currently recommended that in-service IMCI case management training (ICMT) occur over 11-days; that the participant: facilitator ratio should be

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Goga AE,Muhe LM,Forsyth K,Chopra M,Aboubaker S,Martines J,Mason EM

更新日期：2009-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pakistan has one of the highest infant and child mortality rates in the world, half of these occurring due to vaccine-preventable diseases. The country started its Expanded Programme on immunisation (EPI) in 1978. However, the programme's performance is often questioned, as the Immunisation rates have been c...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Haq Z,Shaikh BT,Tran N,Hafeez A,Ghaffar A

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing resources available for and number of partners providing health sector aid have stimulated innovations, notably, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, which aim to improve aid coordination. In this, one of the first studies to analyse implementation of aid coordination below national lev...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Sundewall J,Forsberg BC,Jönsson K,Chansa C,Tomson G

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The persistence of health inequities is a wicked problem for which there is strong evidence of causal roots in the maldistribution of power, resources and money within and between countries. Though the evidence is clear, the solutions are far from straightforward. Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) ought...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Plamondon KM,Pemberton J

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The importance of accessible mental health treatment is a global concern, particularly when one in five people will experience a mental health problem in their lifespan. This is no less important in Ghana; however, no studies have yet attempted to appraise and synthesise the potential enablers and barriers...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Badu E,O'Brien AP,Mitchell R

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the ninth of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as b...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Schünemann HJ,Fretheim A,Oxman AD

更新日期：2006-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches is important for guiding local decision-making, promoting the implementation of effective interventions and addressing emerging issues in the course of implementation. In this article, we explore how participatory M&E approaches helped to id...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Kananura RM,Ekirapa-Kiracho E,Paina L,Bumba A,Mulekwa G,Nakiganda-Busiku D,Oo HNL,Kiwanuka SN,George A,Peters DH

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The creation of a clinical network was proposed as a means to promote implementation of a set of recommended clinical practices targeting inpatient paediatric care in Kenya. The rationale for selecting a network as a strategy has been previously described. Here, we aim to describe network activities actually...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： English M,Ayieko P,Nyamai R,Were F,Githanga D,Irimu G

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When properly trained through training programs on epidemiology, clinical research and healthcare policy, members of patients'/consumers' organizations could be helpful for a patient-oriented healthcare system. Since 2006 the not for profit project PartecipaSalute has organized periodic editions of a trainin...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Mosconi P,Satolli R,Colombo C,Villani W

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health research is complex, involves various disciplines, epistemological perspectives and methods, and is rarely conducted in a controlled setting. Often, the added value of a research project lies in its inter- or trans-disciplinary interaction, reflecting the complexity of the research questions at hand. Thi...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Gerhardus A,Becher H,Groenewegen P,Mansmann U,Meyer T,Pfaff H,Puhan M,Razum O,Rehfuess E,Sauerborn R,Strech D,Wissing F,Zeeb H,Hummers-Pradier E

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nationally representative observational and translational research is needed to address the public health challenges in Indonesia due to the geographic disparity, recently decentralized health system, and diverse infectious disease priorities. To accomplish this, the Indonesian Ministry of Health in collaboration with...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Karyana M,Kosasih H,Samaan G,Tjitra E,Aman AT,Alisjahbana B,Fatmawati,Gasem MH,Arif M,Sudarmono P,Suharto,Merati TP,Lane C,Siswanto,Siddiqui S

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The public health response to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, has been and continues to be overwhelmingly focused on risk, disease and negative outcomes of sex, while avoiding discussion of positive motivations for sex (e.g. pleasure, desire, love). Recent advocacy efforts have challenged this appro...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Knerr W,Philpott A

更新日期：2011-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the funding of health research and public health research it is vital that research questions posed are important and that funded research meets a research need or a gap in evidence. Many methods are used in the identification of research priorities, however, these can be resource intensive, costly and lo...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Turner S,Ollerhead E,Cook A

更新日期：2017-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite substantial investment in health capacity building in developing countries, evaluations of capacity building effectiveness are scarce. By analysing projects in Africa that had successfully built sustainable capacity, we aimed to identify evidence that could indicate that capacity building was likely ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Bates I,Taegtmeyer M,Squire SB,Ansong D,Nhlema-Simwaka B,Baba A,Theobald S

更新日期：2011-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has the potential to threaten tens of millions of lives and poses major global economic and development challenges. As the AMR threat grows, it is increasingly important to strengthen the scientific evidence base on AMR policy interventions, to learn from existing policies and programmes...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Rogers Van Katwyk S,Hoffman SJ,Mendelson M,Taljaard M,Grimshaw JM

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-acting reversible contraceptives, such as the intrauterine device (IUD), remain underutilised in Pakistan with high discontinuation rates. Based on a 24-month prospective client follow-up (nested within a larger quasi-experimental study), this paper presents the comparison of two intervention models, on...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hameed W,Azmat SK,Ishaque M,Hussain W,Munroe E,Mustafa G,Khan OF,Abbas G,Ali S,Asghar QJ,Ali S,Ahmed A,Hamza HB

更新日期：2015-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) objects to the fact that we occasionally refer to one of its senior ex-employees by name. However, names of individual MPA assessors, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewers, and European Medicines Agency rapporteurs and co-rapporteurs are cited in regulatory documents an...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Mulinari S,Davis C

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local and national governments have implemented sector-specific policies to support economic development through innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge exchange. Supported by the Welsh Government through the European Regional Development Fund, The Life Science Exchange® project was created with the aim t...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Perkins BL,Garlick R,Wren J,Smart J,Kennedy J,Stephens P,Tudor G,Bisson J,Ford DV

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of death in children under age five. Healthcare policy and other decision-making relevant to PTB may rely on obsolete, incomplete or inapplicable research evidence, leading to worsened outcomes. Appropriate knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) strategies are an impor...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Horvath H,Brindis CD,Reyes EM,Yamey G,Franck L,Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) Working Group.

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing countries building national health research systems is a movement similar to a political leadership contest. Increasingly, political campaigns to select leaders depend less on ideologies and political messages and more on promising change that will promptly improve the quality of life of the voters. In t...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Palmer A,Anya SE,Bloch P

更新日期：2009-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Big data (BD) informs nearly every aspect of our lives and, in health research, is the foundation for basic discovery and its tailored translation into healthcare. Yet, as new data resources and citizen/patient-led science movements offer sites of innovation, segments of the population with the lowest health...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Grayson S,Doerr M,Yu JH

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cooperation of actors across policy fields and the need for cross-sector cooperation as well as recommendations on how to implement cross-sector cooperation have been addressed in many national and international policies that seek to solve complex issues within societies. For such a purpose, the relevant...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hämäläinen RM,Aro AR,Lau CJ,Rus D,Cori L,Syed AM,REsearch into POlicy to enhance Physical Activity (REPOPA) Consortium.

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1627, Francis Bacon's New Atlantis described a utopian society in which an embryonic research system contributed to meeting the needs of the society. In this editorial, we use some of the aspirations described in New Atlantis to provide a context within which to consider recent progress in building health research ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hanney SR,González-Block MA

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been considerable examination and critique of traditional (academic) peer review processes in quality assessment of grant applications. At the same time, the use of traditional research processes in Indigenous research has been questioned. Many grant funding organisations have changed the compositi...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Street J,Baum F,Anderson IP

更新日期：2009-02-13 00:00:00