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  1. During the COVID-19 pandemic, decision-making on measures to reduce or prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools was rendered difficult by a rapidly evolving and uncertain evidence base regarding their eff...

    Authors: Katharina Wabnitz, Mike Rueb, Eva A. Rehfuess, Brigitte Strahwald and Lisa M. Pfadenhauer
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:138
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  2. Research Impact Assessment (RIA) represents one of a suite of policies intended to improve the impact generated from investment in health and medical research (HMR). Positivist indicator-based approaches to RI...

    Authors: Simon Deeming, Alexis Hure, John Attia, Michael Nilsson and Andrew Searles
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:136
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  3. While there has been widespread global acceptance of the importance of evidence-informed policy, many opportunities to inform health policy with research are missed, often because of a mismatch between when an...

    Authors: Tari Turner, John N. Lavis, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Sally Green and Julian Elliott
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:135
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  4. This paper discusses how collective intelligence (CI) methods can be implemented to improve government data infrastructures, not only to support understanding and primary use of complex national data but also ...

    Authors: Estelle Lowry, Michael J. Hogan, John Moriarty, Owen M. Harney, Erna Ruijer, Monika Pilch, Jenny M. Groarke, Michelle Hanlon and Ian Shuttleworth
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:134
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  5. Existing frameworks for developing public health interventions have limited guidance for researchers on how to work with stakeholders to co-produce context-specific interventions. To address this, a promising ...

    Authors: Hayley Reed, Simon Murphy and Rhiannon Evans
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:133
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  7. An estimated 85% of research resources are wasted worldwide, while there is growing demand for context-based evidence-informed health policymaking. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), research uptake ...

    Authors: Agumasie Semahegn, Tsegahun Manyazewal, Charlotte Hanlon, Eyerusalem Getachew, Bethelhem Fekadu, Esubalew Assefa, Munir Kassa, Michael Hopkins, Tassew Woldehanna, Gail Davey and Abebaw Fekadu
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:131
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  9. Inequities of health outcomes persist in rural populations globally. This is strongly associated with there being less health coverage in rural and underserviced areas. Increasing health care coverage in rural...

    Authors: Dewi Retno Pamungkas, Belinda O’Sullivan, Matthew McGrail and Bruce Chater
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:129
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. The Chinese central government launched the third phase of health system reforms in 2009. After a decade since the initiation of the reform, the health system has witnessed noteworthy gains. However, there is ...

    Authors: Lili Kang, Tianyi Zhang, Bensong Xian, Changle Li and M. Mahmud Khan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:128
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  11. Over the years, the knowledge translation (KT) field has moved from promoting linearized models to embracing the importance of interaction and learning. Likewise, there is now increased attention on the transf...

    Authors: Robert A. J. Borst, Rik Wehrens, Moustapha Nsangou, Dachi Arikpo, Ekpereonne Esu, Ali Al Metleq, Olivia Hobden, Martin Meremikwu, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Roland Bal and Maarten Olivier Kok
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:127
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  12. Place-based approaches are increasingly applied to address the determinants of health, many of which are complex problems, to ultimately improve population health outcomes. Through public policy, government ac...

    Authors: Bojana Klepac, Amy Mowle, Therese Riley and Melinda Craike
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:126
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  13. Although the promise of integrated neighborhood approaches, including the essential roles of communities and collaboration between the medical and social domains, has been widely acknowledged, the realization ...

    Authors: Anniek Bosdijk, Anna Petra Nieboer and Jane Murray Cramm
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:125
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  14. Even though the importance of physical activity policy monitoring has increased in the last decade, there is a lack of understanding what different approaches exist and which methodology they employ. In order ...

    Authors: Sven Messing, Antonina Tcymbal, Karim Abu-Omar and Peter Gelius
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:124
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  15. As we face complex and dynamically changing public health and environmental challenges, simulation modelling has come to occupy an increasingly central role in public engagements with policy. Shifts are occurr...

    Authors: Victoria Loblay, Louise Freebairn and Jo-An Occhipinti
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:123
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. Standardized cancer patient pathways as a new policy has been adopted in healthcare to improve the quality of cancer care. Within the health systems, actors at different levels manage the adoption of new polic...

    Authors: Petter Fjällström, Anna-Britt Coe, Mikael Lilja and Senada Hajdarevic
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:122
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  17. Understanding the views of policy-makers and practitioners regarding how best to communicate research evidence is important to support research use in their decision-making.

    Authors: Sam McCrabb, Alix Hall, Andrew Milat, Adrian Bauman, Rebecca Hodder, Kaitlin Mooney, Emily Webb, Courtney Barnes, Serene Yoong, Rachel Sutherland and Luke Wolfenden
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:121
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  18. Learning health systems strive to continuously integrate data and evidence into practice to improve patient outcomes and ensure value-based healthcare. While the LHS concept is gaining traction, the operationa...

    Authors: Mari Somerville, Christine Cassidy, Janet A. Curran, Catie Johnson, Douglas Sinclair and Annette Elliott Rose
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:120
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Quality in healthcare is a fundamental pillar of health systems performance, leading to improved health outcomes and reduced waste. The World Health Organization recommends that countries establish a national ...

    Authors: Samsiah Awang, Bruce Agins, Izzatur Rahmi Mohd Ujang, Divya Nair Narayanan, Nur Wahida Zulkifli and Normaizira Hamidi
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:119
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  20. Health impact assessment (HIA) is a procedure, method and tool for evaluating the potential health impacts of policies, plans and construction projects, as well as the distribution of these impacts on populati...

    Authors: Xiang Liu, Yingzi Liu, Yanyun Xu, Liyuan Song, Ziyue Huang, Xingyu Zhu and Meng Zhang
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:118
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  21. Nepal’s move to a federal system was a major constitutional and political change, with significant devolution of power and resources from the central government to seven newly created provinces and 753 local g...

    Authors: Sharada Prasad Wasti, Edwin van Teijlingen, Simon Rushton, Madhusudan Subedi, Padam Simkhada and Julie Balen
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:117
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  22. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic allowed for exceptional decision-making power to be placed in the hands of public health departments. Data and information were widely disseminated in the media and on ...

    Authors: Pernelle Smits, Caroline Cambourieu and Mathieu Ouimet
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:116
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  23. Tuberculosis (TB) has been regarded as ‘a relentless scourge’, increasing morbidity and mortality and burdening vulnerable populations. Poor adherence to TB treatment and ineffective traditional interventions ...

    Authors: Wenhui Li, Min Su, Weile Zhang, Xiaojing Fan, Renzhong Li, Yulong Gao and Xiaolin Wei
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:115
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  24. Guideline adaptation is an emerging field to provide more appropriate recommendations for local clinical practice quality and to promote global health equity. However, its utilization status, adaptation proced...

    Authors: Shu Wang, Yuan Zhang, Zhixuan Wen, Yueming Yang, Yuxuan Zhang, Yixiong Geng, Yali Liu and Jianguo Zhang
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:114
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  25. Knowledge management (KM) emerged as a strategy to promote evidence-informed decision-making. This scoping review aims to map existing KM tools and mechanisms used to promote evidence-informed health decision-...

    Authors: Fadi El-Jardali, Lama Bou-Karroum, Nadeen Hilal, Maya Hammoud, Nour Hemadi, Michelle Assal, Nour Kalach, Aya Harb, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Tyrone Reden Sy and David Novillo-Ortiz
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:113
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  26. Knowledge synthesis methods help summarize evidence and utilize content expertise to draw out key messages to aid knowledge mobilization and translation. Systems thinking and coproduction can support this by f...

    Authors: Maddie Heenan, Alexandra Chung, Elly Howse, Helen Signy and Lucie Rychetnik
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:112
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  27. Several scientific contributions have summarized the “lessons learnt” during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but only a few authors have discussed what we have learnt on how to design and con...

    Authors: Alvisa Palese, Stefania Chiappinotto, Federico Fonda, Erica Visintini, Maddalena Peghin, Marco Colizzi, Matteo Balestrieri, Maria De Martino, Miriam Isola and Carlo Tascini
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:111
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  28. Evidence for policy systems emerging around the world combine the fields of research synthesis, evidence-informed policy and public engagement with research. We conducted this retrospective collective autoethn...

    Authors: Sandy Oliver, Kelly Dickson and Mukdarut Bangpan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:110
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  29. Recent efforts to shift the control and leadership of health research on African issues to Africa have led to increased investments for scientific research capacity strengthening (RCS) on the continent and a g...

    Authors: Victoria O. Kasprowicz, Caroline Jeffery, Dorcas Mbuvi, Victoria Bukirwa, Karim Ouattara, Florence Kirimi, Kathrin Heitz-Tokpa, Mary Gorrethy, Denis Chopera, Damalie Nakanjako, Bassirou Bonfoh, Alison Elliott, Samson Kinyanjui, Imelda Bates and Thumbi Ndung’u
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:109
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  30. Long-term mental health (MH) policies in Finland aimed at investing in community care and promoting reforms have led to a reduction in the number of psychiatric hospital beds. However, most resources are still...

    Authors: Diego Diaz-Milanes, Nerea Almeda, Mencia R. Gutierrez-Colosia, Carlos R. Garcia-Alonso, Minna Sadeniemi and Luis Salvador-Carulla
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:108
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  31. Research evidence is needed to strengthen capacities in emergency preparedness and response (EPR). However, the absence of a clear research agenda limits the optimal use of research evidence. This paper report...

    Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe, Chinyere Mbachu, Joseph Okeibunor, Godwin Uchenna Ezema, Nonso Ejiofor, Fiona Braka, Adama Thiam, Etien Luc Koua, Dick Chamla and Abdou Salam Gueye
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:107
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  32. Population health management (PHM) initiatives are more frequently implemented as a means to tackle the growing pressure on healthcare systems in Western countries. These initiatives aim to transform healthcar...

    Authors: N. J. E. van Vooren, H. W. Drewes, E. de Weger, I. M. B. Bongers and C. A. Baan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:106
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  33. Evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM) requires a set of individual and organizational knowledge, skills and attitudes that should be articulated with background factors and needs. In this regard, the developme...

    Authors: Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, Davi Mamblona Marques Romão, Cecilia Setti, Maria Lúcia Teixeira Machado, Rachel Riera, Romeu Gomes, Daienne Amaral Machado, João Abreu, Keitty Regina Cordeiro de Andrade, Laura dos Santos Boeira, Letícia Pozza, Nathan Mendes Souza, Patrícia Logullo, Roberta Borges Silva, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Sara Emanuela de Carvalho Mota…
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:105
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  34. This research article retrospectively analyses the agenda-setting approach of policies concerning high-risk sexual behaviours, stimulant and alcohol abuse among Iranian adolescents.

    Authors: Saeid Mirzaei, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, AliAkbar Haghdoost and Nadia Oroomiei
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:104
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  35. Innovative Models Promoting Access to Care Transformation (IMPACT) was a five-year (2013–2018), Canadian-Australian research program that aimed to use a community-based partnership approach to transform primar...

    Authors: Virginia J. Lewis, Catherine M. Scott, Kate Silburn and William L. Miller
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:103
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  36. Vaccination plays a critical role during pandemics, and mass vaccination clinics are often an imperative public health measure. These clinics usually consist of multi-disciplinary teams, which can pose signifi...

    Authors: Moses Tetui, Ryan Tennant, Maisha Adil, Arthi Bala, Catherine Burns, Nancy Waite and Kelly Grindrod
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:102
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain disproportionately affected by HIV in Zimbabwe. Several HIV prevention options are available, including oral tenofovir-based pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), howe...

    Authors: Thenjiwe Sisimayi, Definate Nhamo, Kumbirai Chatora, Gwendoline Chapwanya, Tinovonga Mawoyo, Getrude Ncube, Cal Bruns, Emily L. Harris and Katharine D. Shelley
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:101
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  38. The reimbursement of new technologies in inpatient care is not always linked to a requirement for evidence-based evaluation of patient benefit. In Germany, every new technology approved for market was until re...

    Authors: Helene Eckhardt, Susanne Felgner, Marie Dreger, Sabine Fuchs, Hanna Ermann, Hendrikje Rödiger, Tanja Rombey, Reinhard Busse, Cornelia Henschke and Dimitra Panteli
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:100
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  39. Evidence-informed primary health care (PHC) planning in decentralised, meso-level regional organisations has received little research attention. In this paper we examine the factors that influence planning wit...

    Authors: Alice Windle, Sara Javanparast, Toby Freeman and Fran Baum
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:99
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  40. Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic tested the resilience of the health system and its shock-absorbing capacity to continue offering healthcare services. The available evidences does not...

    Authors: Nousheen Akber Pradhan, Amir Ali Barket Ali Samnani, Kiran Abbas and Narjis Rizvi
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:98
    Content type: Review Published on:

  41. Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has recently become salient, but adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) challenges are still a global health problem. Studying policies which have impl...

    Authors: Malizgani Paul Chavula, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Isabel Goicolea and Anna-Karin Hurtig
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:97
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. There is growing interest from health researchers in the governance of Health in All Policies (HiAP). Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has re-ignited managers’ interest in HiAP governance and in health preve...

    Authors: Pernelle Smits, Johanne Préval, Jean-Louis Denis, Gerard Divay, Jacques Bourgeault and Nassera Touati
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:96
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  43. The dental workforce plays a crucial role in delivering quality oral healthcare services, requiring continuous training and education to meet evolving professional demands. Understanding the impact of dental w...

    Authors: Galvin Sim Siang Lin, Shu Meng Goh and Mohd Haikal Muhamad Halil
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:95
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  44. Iran is host to one of the world’s largest and longest-standing refugee populations. Although Iran has initiated a basic health insurance scheme for refugees throughout the country since September 2015, the po...

    Authors: Saeed Shahabi, Manal Etemadi, Maryam Hedayati, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani and Mihajlo Jakovljevic
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:94
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  45. The COVID-19 pandemic and more recently the Monkeypox outbreak emphasize the urgency and importance of improving the availability and equitable distribution of resources for health research across rich and poo...

    Authors: Taghreed Adam, Ambinintsoa H. Ralaidovy, Anna Laura Ross, John C. Reeder and Soumya Swaminathan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:93
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  46. Involving research users in collaborative research approaches may increase the relevance and utility of research findings. Our primary objectives were to (i) identify and describe characteristics of Canadian f...

    Authors: Kathryn M. Sibley, Masood Khan, Alexie J. Touchette, Leah K. Crockett, S. Michelle Driedger, Heather L. Gainforth, Devashree Prabhu, Dawn Steliga, Olivia Tefft and Ian D. Graham
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:92
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  47. Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) through strategic, continuous engagement with decision-makers represents an approach to bridge research, policy and practice. The Collaboration for Evidence-based Healthc...

    Authors: Kerstin Sell, Nasreen S. Jessani, Firaol Mesfin, Eva A. Rehfuess, Anke Rohwer, Peter Delobelle, Bonny E. Balugaba, Bey-Marrié Schmidt, Kiya Kedir, Talitha Mpando, Jean Berchmans Niyibizi, Jimmy Osuret, Esther Bayiga-Zziwa, Tamara Kredo, Nyanyiwe Masingi Mbeye and Lisa M. Pfadenhauer
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:91
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  48. Systems thinking approaches are increasingly being used by communities to address complex chronic disease. This paper reports on the VicHealth Local Government Partnership (VLGP) which sought to co-create impr...

    Authors: Tiana Felmingham, Siobhan O’Halloran, Jaimie Poorter, Ebony Rhook, Cindy Needham, Joshua Hayward, Penny Fraser, Stephanie Kilpatrick, Deana Leahy and Steven Allender
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:90
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  49. Leadership and governance are critical for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). In South Africa, aspirations for UHC are expressed through the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system, which under...

    Authors: Khanyisile Tshabalala and Laetitia C. Rispel
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:89
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  50. People living in rural areas have poorer health than their urban counterparts. Although rural health research centres have been promoted as vehicles for improving rural health by contributing evidence to addre...

    Authors: Jodie Bailie, Petr Matous, Ross Bailie and Megan E. Passey
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:87
    Content type: Research Published on:
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