Implementing performance-based financing in peripheral health centres in Mali: what can we learn from it?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research translation, particularly in the biomedical area, is often discussed but there are few methods that are routinely used to measure it or its impact. Of the impact measurement methods that are used, most aim to provide accountability - to measure and explain what was generated as a consequence of fund...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Searles A,Doran C,Attia J,Knight D,Wiggers J,Deeming S,Mattes J,Webb B,Hannan S,Ling R,Edmunds K,Reeves P,Nilsson M

更新日期：2016-08-09 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：:This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. Policymakers have limited resources for developing--or supporting the development of--evidence-informed policies and programmes. These required reso...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Lavis JN,Oxman AD,Lewin S,Fretheim A

更新日期：2009-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:There exists a disconnection between evolving policies in the policy arenas of mental health, housing, and income support in Canada. One of the complexities associated with analysing the intersection of these policies is that federal, provincial, and municipal level policies are involved. Canada is one of the few deve...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Forchuk C,Joplin L,Schofield R,Csiernik R,Gorlick C,Turner K

更新日期：2007-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Strategy (IMCI) is effective in improving management of sick children, and thus child survival. It is currently recommended that in-service IMCI case management training (ICMT) occur over 11-days; that the participant: facilitator ratio should be

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Goga AE,Muhe LM,Forsyth K,Chopra M,Aboubaker S,Martines J,Mason EM

更新日期：2009-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Priority-setting is a complicated and time-consuming process; however, if appropriately conducted, it could efficiently divert resources to the most important studies. A considerable body of evidence indicates that priority-setting measures in health research taken so far in Iran have not satisfied decision-...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Badakhshan A,Arab M,Rashidian A,Mehrdad N,Zendehdel K

更新日期：2018-07-02 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：: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: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: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：: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：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：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：: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：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: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：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: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：:Despite 40 years of research into evidence-based policy (EBP) and a continued drive from both policymakers and researchers to increase research uptake in policy, barriers to the use of evidence are persistently identified in the literature. However, it is not clear what explains this persistence - whether they represe...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Oliver K,Lorenc T,Innvær S

更新日期：2014-07-14 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:Public health research provides evidence for practice across fields including health care, health promotion and health surveillance. Levels of public health research vary markedly across European Union (EU) countries, and are lowest in the EU's new member states (in Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediter...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： McCarthy M

更新日期：2012-04-05 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：: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: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: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:Disproportionate regulation of health and medical research contributes to research waste. Better understanding of exemptions of research from ethics review in different jurisdictions may help to guide modification of review processes and reduce research waste. Our aim was to identify examples of low-risk hum...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Scott AM,Kolstoe S,Ploem MCC,Hammatt Z,Glasziou P

更新日期：2020-01-28 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: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：: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: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