Four centuries on from Bacon: progress in building health research systems to improve health systems?

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:Evidence-informed policymaking has been promoted as a means of ensuring better outcomes. However, what counts as evidence in policymaking lies within a spectrum of expert knowledge and scientifically generated information. Since not all forms of evidence share an equal validity or weighting for policymakers,...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Mbachu CO,Onwujekwe O,Chikezie I,Ezumah N,Das M,Uzochukwu BS

更新日期：2016-04-12 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:Randomized trials have long been the gold-standard for evaluating clinical practice. There is growing recognition that rigorous studies are similarly needed to assess the effects of policy. However, these studies are rarely conducted. We report on the Quality Improvement Demonstration Study (QIDS), an exampl...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Shimkhada R,Peabody JW,Quimbo SA,Solon O

更新日期：2008-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cabinet of Health Research and Development (CHRD) has recently been established as the first health research institute in one of the world's newest nations, Timor-Leste. We discuss the development of this initiative to build health research capacity within the context of Timor-Leste's health system, history and fu...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Martins N,Hawkins Z

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence shows that territorial borders continue to have an impact on research collaboration in Europe. Knowledge of national research structural contexts is therefore crucial to the promotion of Europe-wide policies for research funding. Nevertheless, studies assessing and comparing research systems remain ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Stephani V,Sommariva S,Spranger A,Ciani O

更新日期：2017-10-02 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:Swaziland is experiencing the world's worst HIV and AIDS epidemic. Prevalence rose from four percent of antenatal clinic attendees in 1992 to 42.6 percent in 2004. The Report 'Reviewing 'Emergencies' for Swaziland: Shifting the Paradigm in a New Era' published in 2007 bought together social and economic indi...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Whiteside A,Henry FE

更新日期：2011-06-16 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：BACKGROUND:Health research is increasing in Africa, but most resources are currently chanelled towards infectious diseases and health system development. While infectious diseases remain a heavy burden for some African countries, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for more than half of all deaths globally and WHO...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： McCarthy M,Maher D,Ly A,Ndip A

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to understand and measure the policy impact of research we need a definition of research impact that is suited to the task. This article systematically reviewed both peer-reviewed and grey literature for definitions of research impact to develop a definition of research impact that can be used to in...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Alla K,Hall WD,Whiteford HA,Head BW,Meurk CS

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2013, the WHO Member States requested the WHO to establish a Global Observatory on Health Research and Development (R&D), as part of a strategic work-plan to promote innovation, build capacity, improve access, and mobilize resources to address diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest countrie...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Adam T,Røttingen JA,Kieny MP

更新日期：2015-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is vitally important that there is a connection between health research and clinical practice. Indications as to the impact of the research on evidence-based practice and policy can be obtained by tracking the use of outputs of health research, especially its use in clinical guidelines (CGs). This study a...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Turner S,Bhurke S,Cook A

更新日期：2015-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burden of disease (BoD) studies have been conducted in numerous international settings since the early 1990's. Two national BoD studies have been undertaken in Australia, in 1998 and 2003, although neither study estimated the BoD specifically for Indigenous Australians. In 2005 the Australian Government Depa...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Botfield JR,Zwi AB,Hill PS

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ensuring the use of research evidence in health system management and policy decisions is an important challenge in this century. Knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) has emerged as a paradigm to address the challenges and start closing the 'know-do' gap. This area of work is gaining momentum in most develo...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Ellen ME,Lavis JN,Sharon A,Shemer J

更新日期：2014-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participatory research approaches improve the use of evidence in policy, programmes and practice. Few studies have addressed ways to scale up participatory research for wider system improvement or the intensity of effort required. We used the integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health S...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Laycock A,Harvey G,Percival N,Cunningham F,Bailie J,Matthews V,Copley K,Patel L,Bailie R

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare redesign, based on building collaborative capacity between academic and clinical partners, should create a method to facilitate flow between the key elements of health service improvement. However, utilising the skills and resources of an organisation outside of the health facility may not always have the d...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Prior SJ,Mather C,Miller A,Campbell S

更新日期：2019-11-20 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：BACKGROUND:Gender is often neglected in health systems, yet health systems are not gender neutral. Within health systems research, gender analysis seeks to understand how gender power relations create inequities in access to resources, the distribution of labour and roles, social norms and values, and decision-making. ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Morgan R,Ayiasi RM,Barman D,Buzuzi S,Ssemugabo C,Ezumah N,George AS,Hawkins K,Hao X,King R,Liu T,Molyneux S,Muraya KW,Musoke D,Nyamhanga T,Ros B,Tani K,Theobald S,Vong S,Waldman L

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health technology assessment (HTA) is mostly used in the context of high- and middle-income countries. Many "resource-poor" settings, which have the greatest need for critical assessment of health technology, have a limited basis for making evidence-based choices. This can lead to inappropriate use of techno...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Kriza C,Hanass-Hancock J,Odame EA,Deghaye N,Aman R,Wahlster P,Marin M,Gebe N,Akhwale W,Wachsmuth I,Kolominsky-Rabas PL

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Setting priorities is important in health research given the limited resources available for research. Various guidelines exist to assist in the priority setting process; however, priority setting still faces significant challenges such as the clear ranking of identified priorities. The World Health Organiza...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hacking D,Cleary S

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All too often, health policy and management decisions are made without making use of or consulting with the best available research evidence, which can lead to ineffective and inefficient health systems. One of the main actors that can ensure the use of evidence to inform policymaking is researchers. The obj...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Ellen ME,Lavis JN,Shemer J

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Numerous sub-Saharan African countries have experimented with performance-based financing (PBF) with the goal of improving health system performance. To date, few articles have examined the implementation of this type of complex intervention in Francophone West Africa. This qualitative research aims to und...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Coulibaly A,Gautier L,Zitti T,Ridde V

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schools of public health (SPHs) are increasingly being recognised as important contributors of human, social and intellectual capital relevant to health policy and decision-making. Few studies within the implementation science literature have systematically examined knowledge exchange experiences within this...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Jessani NS,Siddiqi SM,Babcock C,Davey-Rothwell M,Ho S,Holtgrave DR

更新日期：2018-07-25 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: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：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:Internationally, there has been renewed focus on primary healthcare (PHC). PHC revitalisation is one of the mechanisms to emphasise health promotion and prevention. However, it is not always clear who should lead health promotion activities. In some countries, health promotion practitioners provide health pr...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Rwafa-Ponela T,Eyles J,Christofides N,Goudge J

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Calls for evidence-informed public health policy-making often ignore that there are multiple, and often competing, bodies of potentially relevant evidence to which policy-makers have recourse in identifying policy priorities and taking decisions. In this paper, we illustrate how policy frames may favour the use of spe...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Schoemaker CG,van Loon J,Achterberg PW,den Hertog FRJ,Hilderink H,Melse J,Vonk RAA,van Oers H

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00