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We assessed the ability of the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF, a small not-for-profit foundation affiliated with Manitoba Blue Cross) to determine the best candidates for selection to receive resear...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:57
Published on: 19 June 2017
Opinion
The aim of this article is to inform readers of the author’s reflections on the experience of transferring university-based research into the commercial sector, and of the processes and strategies employed whe...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:56
Published on: 17 June 2017
Review
The extent to which routinely collected HIV data from Zambia has been used in peer-reviewed published articles remains unexplored. This paper is an analysis of peer-reviewed articles that utilised routinely co...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:51
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research
Health service reconfigurations are of international interest but remain poorly understood. This article focuses on the use of evidence by senior managerial decision-makers involved in the reconfiguration of s...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:45
Published on: 9 June 2017
Research
High quality health systems research (HSR) in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) is essential to guiding the policies and programmes that will improve access to health services and, ultimately, health...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:44
Published on: 7 June 2017
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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 s...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:43
Published on: 2 June 2017
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million deaths in 2015. While effective treatment exists, implementation of active case finding (ACF) methods to identify pe...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:42
Published on: 30 May 2017
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Explaining policy change is one of the central tasks of contemporary policy analysis. In this article, we examine the changes in infection control policies for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Sou...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:41
Published on: 30 May 2017
Research
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 heal...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:40
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
We explored the perceptions of members of the Network for Scientific Support in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health (NetSRH) on North–South–South networking and on constraints and perspectives for Sout...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:39
Published on: 5 May 2017
Research
There has been growing interest in the contribution of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to international health research. One strength that NGOs may bring to research involves the potential value of servi...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:38
Published on: 4 May 2017
Research
Health service and systems researchers have developed knowledge translation strategies to facilitate the use of reliable evidence for policy, including rapid response briefs as timely and responsive tools supp...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:37
Published on: 3 May 2017
Research
The healthcare financing reforms initiated by the Government of Georgia in 2007 have positively affected inpatient service utilisation and enhanced financial protection, especially for the poor, but they have ...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:36
Published on: 2 May 2017
Opinion
There is extensive health and public health literature on the ‘evidence-policy gap’, exploring the frustrating experiences of scientists trying to secure a response to the problems and solutions they raise and...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:35
Published on: 26 April 2017
Research
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an emerging global health concern. Reports have shown that, in Zambia, NCDs are also an emerging problem and the government has begun initiating a policy response. The pres...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:34
Published on: 24 April 2017
Research
In the last decade, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) has taken strides in research and training to improve healthcare through collaborative training and research programs. However, there...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:33
Published on: 21 April 2017
Review
Operations research (OR) is a discipline that uses advanced analytical methods (e.g. simulation, optimisation, decision analysis) to better understand complex systems and aid in decision-making.
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:32
Published on: 18 April 2017
Opinion
With massive investment in health-related research, above and beyond investments in the management and delivery of healthcare and public health services, there has been increasing focus on the impact of health...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:31
Published on: 17 April 2017
Research
Research is a core business of universities globally, and is crucial in the scientific process as a precursor for knowledge uptake and use. We aimed to assess the academic productivity of post-graduate student...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:30
Published on: 4 April 2017
Erratum
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:29
Published on: 3 April 2017
The original article was published in Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:8
Commentary
Quality and ethics need to be embedded into all areas of research with human participants. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines are international ethical and scientific quality standards for designing, cond...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:28
Published on: 31 March 2017
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This study examined how mental health clinic administrators decided whether or not to adopt evidence-based and other innovative practices by exploring their views of implementation barriers and facilitators an...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:27
Published on: 29 March 2017
Research
We sought to analyse the impacts found, and the methods used, in a series of assessments of programmes and portfolios of health research consisting of multiple projects.
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:26
Published on: 28 March 2017
Research
A recognised research-to-practice gap exists in the health research field of sports injury prevention and safety promotion. There is a need for improved insight into increasing the relevancy, accessibility and...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:25
Published on: 28 March 2017
Research
In recognition of the need for long-term planning for global health research, and to inform future global health research priorities, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID) carried ...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:24
Published on: 21 March 2017
