Informing the establishment of the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development: a call for papers.

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：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：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:Burkina Faso has made a number of health system policy decisions to improve performance on health indicators and strengthen responsiveness to health-related challenges. These included the creation of a General Directorate of Health Information and Statistics (DGISS) and a technical unit to coordinate perform...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Zida A,Lavis JN,Sewankambo NK,Kouyate B,Moat K,Shearer J

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How to assess the impact of research is of growing interest to funders, policy makers and researchers mainly to understand the value of investments and to increase accountability. Broadly speaking the term "research impact" refers to the contribution of research activities to achieve desired societal outcome...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Banzi R,Moja L,Pistotti V,Facchini A,Liberati A

更新日期：2011-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:'Evidence-based policy making' for immigrants is a complicated undertaking. In striving toward this goal, federal Canadian partners created the Metropolis Project in 1995 to optimize a two-way transfer of knowledge (researchers - policy makers) within five Canadian Centres of Excellence focused on migrants n...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Gagnon AJ,Joly MP,Bocking J

更新日期：2009-06-10 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: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：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: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 last of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as ba...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Oxman AD,Schünemann HJ,Fretheim A

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Situations such as public health emergencies and outbreaks necessitate the development and publication of high-quality recommendations within a condensed timeframe. For example, WHO has produced examples of and guidance for the development of rapid guidelines (RGs). However, more information is needed to und...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Florez ID,Morgan RL,Falavigna M,Kowalski SC,Zhang Y,Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I,Santesso N,Wiercioch W,Schünemann HJ

更新日期：2018-07-13 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:The Health Product Profile Directory (HPPD) is an online database describing 8-10 key characteristics (such as target population, measures of efficacy and dosage) of product profiles for medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and other products that are intended to be accessed by populations in low- and middle-inc...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Terry RF,Plasència A,Reeder JC

更新日期：2019-12-12 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:The maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) indicators of Pakistan depict the deplorable state of the poor and rural women and children. Many MNCH programmes stress the need to engage the poor in community spaces. However, caste and class based hierarchies and gendered social norms exclude the lower caste...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Aziz A,Khan FA,Wood G

更新日期：2015-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are leading causes of premature mortality in India. Evidence from developed countries shows that mortality from these can be substantially prevented using population-wide and individual-based strategies. Policy initiatives for control of CVD in India have been suggested but evidence of e...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Gupta R,Guptha S,Joshi R,Xavier D

更新日期：2011-02-09 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：: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:In 2011, the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region committee launched a strategy for scaling up research in the region to address the countries' health needs through formulating and analysing the National Health Research System (HRS). Stewardship comprises three functions, namely governance, policy and priorities...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： AlKhaldi M,Alkaiyat A,Abed Y,Pfeiffer C,Halaseh R,Salah R,Idries M,Abueida S,Idries I,Jeries I,Meghari H,Shaar A,Tanner M,Haj-Yahia S

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A strategy for minimising the time and obstacles to accessing systematic reviews of health system evidence is to collect them in a freely available database and make them easy to find through a simple 'Google-style' search interface. PDQ-Evidence was developed in this way. The objective of this study was to ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Johansen M,Rada G,Rosenbaum S,Paulsen E,Motaze NV,Opiyo N,Wiysonge CS,Ding Y,Mukinda FK,Oxman AD

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intervention research provides important information regarding feasible and effective interventions for health policy makers, but few empirical studies have explored the mechanisms by which these studies influence policy and practice. This study provides an exploratory case series analysis of the policy, pra...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Milat AJ,Laws R,King L,Newson R,Rychetnik L,Rissel C,Bauman AE,Redman S,Bennie J

更新日期：2013-02-02 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:Policy implementation in the context of health systems is generally difficult and the Kenyan health sector situation is not an exception. In 2005, a new health sector strategic plan that outlines the vision and the policy direction of the health sector was launched and during the same year the health sector ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Glenngård AH,Maina TM

更新日期：2007-03-29 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: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：: There were 59,500 Children in out-of-home care in England in 2008. Research into this population points to poor health and quality of life outcomes over the transition to adult independence. This undesirable outcome applies to mental health, education and employment. This lack of wellbeing for the individual is a bur...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Akister J,Owens M,Goodyer IM

更新日期：2010-05-12 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：BACKGROUND:Promising health interventions tested in pilot studies will only achieve population-wide impact if they are implemented at scale across communities and health systems. Scaling up effective health interventions is vital as not doing so denies the community the most effective services and programmes. However, ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Milat A,Lee K,Conte K,Grunseit A,Wolfenden L,van Nassau F,Orr N,Sreeram P,Bauman A

更新日期：2020-01-03 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:Building capacity in health policy and systems research (HPSR), especially in low- and middle-income countries, remains a challenge. Various approaches have been suggested and implemented by scholars and institutions using various forms of capacity building to address challenges regarding HPSR development. T...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Lembani M,Teddy G,Molosiwa D,Hwabamungu B

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00