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Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:51
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National strategies for knowledge translation in health policy-making: A scoping review of grey literature
Without strategic actions in its support, the translation of scientific research evidence into health policy is often absent or delayed. This review systematically maps and assesses national-level strategic do...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:50 -
Salt reduction policy for out of home sectors: a supplementary document for the salt reduction strategy to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDS) in Malaysia 2021–2025
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the major cause of death among Malaysians. Reduction of salt intake in populations is one of the most cost-effective strategies in the prevention of CVDs. It is very feasible...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:49 -
Using a priority setting exercise to identify priorities for guidelines on newborn and child health in South Africa, Malawi, and Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest under-five mortality rate globally. Child healthcare decisions should be based on rigorously developed evidence-informed guidelines. The Global Evidence, Local...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:48 -
Politics–evidence conflict in national health policy making in Africa: a scoping review
Generally, public health policy-making is hardly a linear process and is characterized by interactions among politicians, institutions, researchers, technocrats and practitioners from diverse fields, as well a...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:47 -
Gender and non-communicable diseases in Mexico: a political mapping and stakeholder analysis
Mexico and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) present a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with gender-differentiated risk factors and access to prevention, diagnosis and care. How...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:46 -
Comprehensive HIV knowledge and associated factors among reproductive-age women: analysis of the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020
Globally, there are 37.7 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). So far, there is no study done in Gambia which assessed comprehensive HIV knowledge and its associated factors. Therefore...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:45 -
Concept analysis of health system resilience
There are several definitions of resilience in health systems, many of which share some characteristics, but no agreed-upon framework is universally accepted. Here, we review the concept of resilience, identif...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:43 -
Use of qualitative research in World Health Organisation guidelines: a document analysis
Guidelines depend on effect estimates, usually derived from randomised controlled trials, to inform their decisions. Qualitative research evidence may improve decisions made but where in the process and the me...
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Adopting, implementing and assimilating coproduced health and social care innovations involving structurally vulnerable populations: findings from a longitudinal, multiple case study design in Canada, Scotland and Sweden
Innovations in coproduction are shaping public service reform in diverse contexts around the world. Although many innovations are local, others have expanded and evolved over time. We know very little, however...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:42 -
The effectiveness of knowledge-sharing techniques and approaches in research funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): a systematic review
The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR), funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research to improve people’s health and wellbeing. To achieve this aim, effective kno...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:41 -
Towards universal health coverage in Vietnam: a mixed-method case study of enrolling people with tuberculosis into social health insurance
Vietnam’s primary mechanism of achieving sustainable funding for universal health coverage (UHC) and financial protection has been through its social health insurance (SHI) scheme. Steady progress towards acce...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:40 -
A review of implementation and evaluation frameworks for public health interventions to inform co-creation: a Health CASCADE study
By including the needs and perspectives of relevant stakeholders, co-creation is seen as a promising approach for tackling complex public health problems. However, recommendations and guidance on how to plan a...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:39 -
Choosing and accessing COVID-19 treatment options: a qualitative study with patients, caregivers, and health care providers in Lebanon
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has strained healthcare systems globally, particularly in terms of access to medicines. Lebanon has been greatly affected by the pandemic, having faced concomit...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:38 -
Intriguing insight into unanswered questions about Mpox: exploring health policy implications and considerations
The 2022 multi-country Monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak has added concerns to scientific research. However, unanswered questions about the disease remain. These unanswered questions lie in different aspects, such as ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:37 -
The economic and fiscal impact of incremental use of cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine for the prevention of seasonal influenza among healthcare workers in Italy
Seasonal influenza has a significant impact on public health, generating substantial direct healthcare costs, production losses and fiscal effects. Understanding these consequences is crucial to effective deci...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:36 -
Multimorbidity healthcare expenditure in Belgium: a 4-year analysis (COMORB study)
The complex management of health needs in multimorbid patients, alongside limited cost data, presents challenges in developing cost-effective patient-care pathways. We estimated the costs of managing 171 dyads...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:35 -
A rapid review to inform the policy and practice for the implementation of chronic disease prevention and management programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in primary care
More than 35% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults live with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease. There is a pressing need for chronic disease prevention and management among...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:34 -
Evaluation of marketing authorization and labels of medicines in 2021 WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children in China, the Russian Federation and Brazil
This work compares the marketing authorization, labels and dosage forms of medicines in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) in China, the Russian Federation and Brazil to urge policym...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:33 -
Framework for policymaking on self-management of health by older adults using technologies
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support care management exponentially increased. Governments around the world adapted ex...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:32 -
Analysis of health service utilization and influencing factors due to COVID-19 in Beijing: a large cross-sectional survey
In the wake of China’s relaxed zero-COVID policy, there was a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. This study aimed to examine the infection status and health service utilization among Beij...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:31 -
Development of an action programme tackling obesity-related behaviours in adolescents: a participatory system dynamics approach
System dynamics approaches are increasingly addressing the complexity of public health problems such as childhood overweight and obesity. These approaches often use system mapping methods, such as the construc...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:30 -
The role of provincial health administration in supporting district health management teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo: eliciting an initial programme theory of a realist evaluation
In 2006, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed a strategy to strengthen the health system by developing health districts. This strategy included a reform of the provincial health ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:29 -
The co-production process of an assessment programme: Between clarifying identity and developing the quality of French-speaking Belgian community health centres
The assessment of primary care organizations is considered to be essential for improving care. However, the assessments’ acceptability to professionals poses a challenge. Developing assessment programmes in co...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:28 -
Policy implementation and outcome evaluation: establishing a framework and expanding capacity for advocacy organizations to assess the impact of their work in public policy
Advocacy organizations can play a crucial role in evaluating whether legislation or regulation has had its intended effect by supporting robust public policy implementation and outcome evaluation. The American...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:27 -
Strategies for engaging older adults and informal caregivers in health policy development: A scoping review
Care for older adults is high on the global policy agenda. Active involvement of older adults and their informal caregivers in policy-making can lead to cost–effective health and long-term care interventions. ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:26 -
Policy implementation deviation of government purchase of old age care services in Jiangsu, China: based on empirical and policy analysis
Government purchase of social forces to participate in old age care services can release the burden of social care. Current research on performance evaluation in this field mainly focussed on the establishment...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:25 -
Future directions for patient engagement in research: a participatory workshop with Canadian patient partners and academic researchers
Patient engagement in research (also commonly referred to as patient or patient and public involvement in research) strives to transform health research wherein patients (including caregivers and the public) a...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:24 -
Sustainable political commitment is necessary for institutionalizing community participation in health policy-making: Insights from Iran
Community participation is currently utilized as a national strategy to promote public health and mitigate health inequalities across the world. While community participation is acknowledged as a civic right i...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:23 -
Production and use of rapid responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec (Canada): perspectives from evidence synthesis producers and decision makers
The COVID-19 pandemic has required evidence to be made available more rapidly than usual, in order to meet the needs of decision makers in a timely manner. These exceptional circumstances have caused significa...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:22 -
Drivers of cervical cancer prevention and management in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative synthesis of mixed studies
Cervical cancer is a public health concern in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Cervical cancer screening is one of the strategies for detecting early precancerous lesions. However, many women have poor access to...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:21 -
Understanding the influence of stakeholders on the implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labelling in the absence of public debate: the case of Portugal
In the context of the European Commission’s proposal for the harmonization of front-of-pack nutrition labels (FoPLs) across the European Union scheduled for 2023, Portugal’s position on the preferred format to...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:20 -
Where are the links? Using a causal loop diagram to assess interactions in healthcare coordination for youth experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada
Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) suffer from poorer physical and mental health outcomes than stably housed youth. Additionally, YEH are forced to navigate fragmented health and social service systems on t...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:19 -
Correction: The response of the Military Health System (MHS) to the COVID-19 pandemic: a summary of findings from MHS reviews
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:18 -
The use of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks in implementation research for medicinal products: A scoping review
The uptake, adoption and integration of new medicines and treatment regimens within healthcare delivery can take a decade or more. Increasingly, implementation science (IS) research is being used to bridge thi...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:17 -
Investigating the citing communities around three leading health-system frameworks
Of numerous proposed frameworks for analyzing and impacting health systems, three stand out for the large number of publications that cite them and for their links to influential international institutions: Mu...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:16 -
Bridging the gap between pregnancy loss research and policy and practice: insights from a qualitative survey with knowledge users
The loss of a pregnancy or the death of baby around the time of their birth can have profound impacts on parents, families and staff involved. There is much opportunity to enhance the systematic uptake of evid...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:15 -
Multi-sectoral collaborations in selected countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region: assessment, enablers and missed opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic response
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has emphasized the importance of multi-sectoral collaboration to respond effectively to public health emergencies. This study aims to generate evidence on the e...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:14 -
A novel methodological approach to participant engagement and policy relevance for community-based primary medical care research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand
Community-based primary care, such as general practice (GP) or urgent care, serves as the primary point of access to healthcare for most Australians and New Zealanders. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:13 -
To leave no one behind: Assessing utilization of maternal newborn and child health services by all the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of Odisha, India
Indigenous tribal people experience lower coverage of maternal, newborn and child healthcare (MNCH) services worldwide, including in India. Meanwhile, Indian tribal people comprise a special sub-population who...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:12 -
Exploring the landscape of health technology assessment in Iran: perspectives from stakeholders on needs, demand and supply
The evaluation of health technologies plays a crucial role in the allocation of resources and the promotion of equitable healthcare access, known as health technology assessment (HTA). This study focuses on Ir...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:11 -
Unsung heroes in Ghana’s healthcare system: the case of community health volunteers and community health management committee
In Ghana, the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) policy highlights the significance of both community health management committees (CHMCs) and community health volunteers (CHVs) in the Ghanaia...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:10 -
How to improve the system of care for adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems from the perspective of care providers: a concept mapping approach
Emotional and behavioural problems (EBP) are the most common mental health issues during adolescence, and their incidence has increased in recent years. The system of care for adolescents with EBP is known to ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:9 -
A scoping review of theories, models and frameworks used or proposed to evaluate knowledge mobilization strategies
Evaluating knowledge mobilization strategies (KMb) presents challenges for organizations seeking to understand their impact to improve KMb effectiveness. Moreover, the large number of theories, models, and fra...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:8 -
Participatory policy analysis in health policy and systems research: reflections from a study in Nepal
Participatory policy analysis (PPA) as a method in health policy and system research remains underexplored. Using our experiences of conducting PPA workshops in Nepal to explore the impact of the country’s mov...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:7 -
Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework
Increasingly, public health faces challenges requiring complex, multifaceted and multi-sectoral responses. This calls for systems-based approaches that facilitate the kind of collective and collaborative think...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:6 -
The response of the Military Health System (MHS) to the COVID-19 pandemic: a summary of findings from MHS reviews
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused major disruptions to the US Military Health System (MHS). In this study, we evaluated the MHS response to the pandemic to understand the impact of the pa...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:5 -
Learning health systems and evidence ecosystems: a perspective on the future of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based guideline development
Despite forming the cornerstone of modern clinical practice for decades, implementation of evidence-based medicine at scale remains a crucial challenge for health systems. As a result, there has been a growing...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:4 -
Producing knowledge together: a participatory approach to synthesising research across a large-scale collaboration in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Despite that stakeholder participation in evidence synthesis could result in more useful outcomes, there are few examples of processes that actively involve them in synthesis work. Techniques are needed that e...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:3 -
Assessing unConventional Evidence (ACE) tool: development and content of a tool to assess the strengths and limitations of ‘unconventional’ source materials
When deciding whether to implement an intervention, decision-makers typically have questions on feasibility and acceptability and on factors affecting implementation. Descriptions of programme implementation a...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2024 22:2
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