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: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:The creation of a clinical network was proposed as a means to promote implementation of a set of recommended clinical practices targeting inpatient paediatric care in Kenya. The rationale for selecting a network as a strategy has been previously described. Here, we aim to describe network activities actually...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： English M,Ayieko P,Nyamai R,Were F,Githanga D,Irimu G

更新日期：2017-02-02 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: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:Suboptimal prescribing and medications use is a problem for health systems globally. Systematic reviews are a comprehensive resource that can help guide evidence-informed decision-making and implementation of interventions addressing such issues; however, a barrier to the use of systematic reviews is their i...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Colquhoun HL,Lowe D,Helis E,Belanger D,Ens B,Hill S,Mayhew A,Taylor M,Grimshaw JM

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All too often, health policy and management decisions are made without making use of or consulting with the best available research evidence, which can lead to ineffective and inefficient health systems. One of the main actors that can ensure the use of evidence to inform policymaking is researchers. The obj...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Ellen ME,Lavis JN,Shemer J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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: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: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：BACKGROUND:Local and national governments have implemented sector-specific policies to support economic development through innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge exchange. Supported by the Welsh Government through the European Regional Development Fund, The Life Science Exchange® project was created with the aim t...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Perkins BL,Garlick R,Wren J,Smart J,Kennedy J,Stephens P,Tudor G,Bisson J,Ford DV

更新日期：2016-04-27 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: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：: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：BACKGROUND:Setting priorities is important in health research given the limited resources available for research. Various guidelines exist to assist in the priority setting process; however, priority setting still faces significant challenges such as the clear ranking of identified priorities. The World Health Organiza...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Hacking D,Cleary S

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-informed policymaking is more likely if organisations have cultures that promote research use and invest in resources that facilitate staff engagement with research. Measures of organisations' research use culture and capacity are needed to assess current capacity, identify opportunities for improve...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Makkar SR,Turner T,Williamson A,Louviere J,Redman S,Haynes A,Green S,Brennan S

更新日期：2016-01-14 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: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：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: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：: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:Communities of practice (CoPs) have been used in the health sector to support professional practice change. However, little is known about how CoPs might be used to influence a system that requires change at and across various levels (i.e. front line care, organizational, governmental). In this paper we exam...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Kothari A,Boyko JA,Conklin J,Stolee P,Sibbald SL

更新日期：2015-07-25 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：: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: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: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：: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：: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: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: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: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：: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: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：: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: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：: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：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: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：:The public health response to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, has been and continues to be overwhelmingly focused on risk, disease and negative outcomes of sex, while avoiding discussion of positive motivations for sex (e.g. pleasure, desire, love). Recent advocacy efforts have challenged this appro...

journal_title：Health research policy and systems

authors： Knerr W,Philpott A

更新日期：2011-06-16 00:00:00