Analysis of the policymaking process in Burkina Faso's health sector: case studies of the creation of two health system support units.

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：: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：: 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：: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：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：OBJECTIVES:High-quality evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is rarely available and relevant for health policy decisions in low-resource settings. In such situations, innovative approaches are needed to generate locally relevant evidence. This study aims to inform decision-making on antenatal care (ANC) re...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hitimana R,Lindholm L,Mogren I,Krantz G,Nzayirambaho M,Sengoma JS,Pulkki-Brännström AM

更新日期：2019-04-05 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: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：: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: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：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：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: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: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 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: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: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：: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：: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: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: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: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: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: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: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:This study examines, as a part of the European Union funded Adopting Hospital Based Health Technology Assessment (AdHopHTA) project, the results and barriers of collaboration between Finnish hospitals and the national health technology assessment (HTA) agency, Finohta. A joint collaborative HTA program has e...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Halmesmäki E,Pasternack I,Roine R

更新日期：2016-04-05 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: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:In Burkina Faso, malaria remains the primary cause of healthcare use, morbidity and child mortality. Therefore, efforts are needed to support the knowledge transfer and application of the results of numerous studies to better formulate and implement programs in the fight against the malaria pandemic. To this...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Mc Sween-Cadieux E,Dagenais C,Somé PA,Ridde V

更新日期：2017-06-02 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