Role and use of evidence in policymaking: an analysis of case studies from the health sector in Nigeria.

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：:Health research systems can link knowledge generation with practical concerns to improve health and health equity. Interest in health research, and in how health research systems should best be organised, is moving up the agenda of bodies such as the World Health Organisation. Pioneering health research systems, for e...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hanney SR,González Block MA

更新日期：2006-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Even the highest quality evidence will have little impact unless it is incorporated into decision-making for health. It is therefore critical to overcome the many barriers to using evidence in decision-making, including (1) missing the window of opportunity, (2) knowledge gaps and uncertainty, (3) controversy, irrelev...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Andermann A,Pang T,Newton JN,Davis A,Panisset U

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Today we have an incomplete picture of how much the world is spending on health and disease-related research and development (R&D). As such it is difficult to align, or even begin to coordinate, health R&D investments with international public health priorities. Current efforts to track and map global health research ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Terry RF,Allen L,Gardner CA,Guzman J,Moran M,Viergever RF

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：: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

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: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: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：: 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：: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:Research findings are increasingly being recognized as an important input in the formation of health policy. There is concern that research findings are not being utilized by health policy-makers to the extent that they could be. The factors influencing the utilization of various types of research by health ...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Albert MA,Fretheim A,Maïga D

更新日期：2007-03-05 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：CONTEXT:Systems science provides organizational principles supported by biologic findings that can be applied to any organization; any incongruence indicates an incomplete or an already failing system. U.S. health care is commonly referred to as a system that consumes an ever- increasing percentage of the gross domesti...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Janecka IP

更新日期：2009-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decision-makers in crisis zones are faced with the challenge of having to make health-related decisions under limited time and resource constraints and in light of the many factors that can influence their decisions, of which research evidence is just one. To address a key gap in the research literature abou...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Khalid AF,Lavis JN,El-Jardali F,Vanstone M

更新日期：2020-02-18 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：BACKGROUND:The translation of biomedical research discoveries into clinical practice is marked by extended timelines (averaging 17 years) and multiple sequential process steps. However, even after a drug, device, diagnostic tool or unique therapeutic procedure successfully navigates through clinical testing to approval...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Pitzen JH,Dieter HL,Gronseth DL,Dahl AK,Boyle VL,Maran T,Harper CM Jr,Gores GJ

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increased international focus on improving the rigour of clinical practice guideline (CPG) development practices. However, few empirical studies on CPG development have been conducted in low- and middle-income countries. This paper explores national stakeholders' perceptions of processes informing C...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Kredo T,Cooper S,Abrams A,Daniels K,Volmink J,Atkins S

更新日期：2018-07-31 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：: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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The attention to and demand for stronger linkages between research, policy and practice are increasing, especially in fields concerned with sensitive and challenging issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The study described in this article was conducted in the Netherlands among act...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： de Haas B,van der Kwaak A

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional reporting of research outcomes and impacts, which tends to focus on research product publications and grant success, does not capture the value, some contributions, or the complexity of research projects. The purpose of this study was to understand the contributions of five systems-level research...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Kothari A,Peter N,Donskov M,Luciani T

更新日期：2017-03-21 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:Evidence-based public health interventions, which research has demonstrated offer the most promise for improving the population's health, are not always utilized in practice settings. The extent to which dissemination from researchers to public health practice settings occurs is not widely understood. This s...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： McVay AB,Stamatakis KA,Jacobs JA,Tabak RG,Brownson RC

更新日期：2016-06-10 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:During the Suharto era public funding of health in Indonesia was low and the health services were tightly controlled by the central government; district health staff had practically no discretion over expenditure. Following the downfall of President Suharto there was a radical political, administrative and f...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Heywood P,Harahap NP

更新日期：2009-04-16 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:Knowledge syntheses that use a realist methodology are gaining popularity. Yet, there are few reports in the literature that describe how results are summarised, shared and used. This paper aims to inform knowledge translation (KT) for realist reviews by describing the process of developing a KT strategy for...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Boyko JA,Riley BL,Willis CD,Stockton L,Zummach D,Kerner J,Robinson K,Chia M

更新日期：2018-10-22 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