Continuation rates and reasons for discontinuation of intra-uterine device in three provinces of Pakistan: results of a 24-month prospective client follow-up.

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：: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：: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: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: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: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:Health policymaking is a complex process and analysing the role of evidence is still an evolving area in many low- and middle-income countries. Where evidence is used, it is greatly affected by cognitive and institutional features of the policy process. This paper examines the role of different types of evid...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Onwujekwe O,Uguru N,Russo G,Etiaba E,Mbachu C,Mirzoev T,Uzochukwu B

更新日期：2015-10-24 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:Economic evaluation has been implemented to inform policy in many areas, including coverage decisions, technology pricing, and the development of clinical practice guidelines. However, there are barriers to evidence-based policy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that include limited stakeholder awa...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Teerawattananon Y,Tantivess S,Yamabhai I,Tritasavit N,Walker DG,Cohen JT,Neumann PJ

更新日期：2016-12-03 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: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：: 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: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: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: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：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：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:'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: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：: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：: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: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 South African allied health (AH) primary healthcare (PHC) workforce is challenged with the complex rehabilitation needs of escalating patient numbers. The application of evidence-based care using clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) is one way to make efficient and effective use of resources. Although CPG...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Dizon JM,Grimmer K,Louw Q,Machingaidze S,Parker H,Pillen H

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of opioid use and misuse has provoked a staggering number of deaths over the past two and a half decades. Much attention has focused on individual risks according to various characteristics and experiences. However, broader social and contextual domains are also essential contributors to the opioid cris...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Jalali MS,Botticelli M,Hwang RC,Koh HK,McHugh RK

更新日期：2020-08-06 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：BACKGROUND:Rapid urban population growth is of global concern as it is accompanied with several new health challenges. The urban poor who reside in informal settlements are more vulnerable to these health challenges. Lack of formal government public health facilities for the provision of health care is also a common ph...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Adongo PB,Phillips JF,Aikins M,Arhin DA,Schmitt M,Nwameme AU,Tabong PT,Binka FN

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：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: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