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Aims and scope
Health Research Policy and Systems covers all aspects of the organisation and use of health research – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers, practitioners in health and related fields, and society at large.
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An evaluation of the evidence brief for policy development process in WHO EVIPNet Europe countries
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Late career participation of late retirees in the age of the silver tsunami: understanding the influencing mechanism of health status and employment-based health insurance participation
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How to work with intangible software in public health systems: some experiences from India
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Enhancing the capacity of the mental health and substance use health workforce to meet population needs: insights from a facilitated virtual policy dialogue
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The utilisation of health research in policy-making: concepts, examples and methods of assessment
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The role of NGOs in global health research for development
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The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?
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The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world: what they fund and how they distribute their funds
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Human resource management interventions to improve health workers' performance in low and middle income countries: a realist review
Featured article
Health Research Policy and Systems (2018) 16:4
The authors aim to identify the top priority issues that impede the conduct, reporting and use of economic evaluation as well as potential solutions as an input for future research topics by the international Decision Support Initiative and other movements.
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Editors-in-Chief
Fadi El-Jardali, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Tari Turner, Monash University, Australia
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Call for papers
We are delighted to announce a Call for Papers for our new thematic series on "The role of the health research system during the COVID-19 epidemic: experiences, challenges and future vision". This will focus on the role of health research systems in the control and management of COVID-19, so that the experiences of countries can be shared with each other and the lessons learned are accessible to all. More details can be found here.
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3.351 - 5-year Impact Factor
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