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  1. 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...

    Authors: K. Van der Veken, L. Belaid, T. Delvaux and V. De Brouwere
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:39
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. 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...

    Authors: Kate Gooding
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:38
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  3. 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...

    Authors: Rhona Mijumbi-Deve, Sarah E. Rosenbaum, Andrew D. Oxman, John N. Lavis and Nelson K. Sewankambo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:37
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  4. 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 ...

    Authors: George Gotsadze, Wenze Tang, Natia Shengelia and Akaki Zoidze
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:36
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  5. 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...

    Authors: Paul Cairney and Kathryn Oliver
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:35
    Content type: Opinion Published on:

  6. 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...

    Authors: Mulenga M. Mukanu, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Chrispin Mweemba and Wilbroad Mutale
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. 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...

    Authors: Damalie Nakanjako, Dickens Akena, Dan K. Kaye, James Tumwine, Elialilia Okello, Annettee Nakimuli, Andrew Kambugu, Hazel McCullough, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Moses R. Kamya and Nelson K. Sewankambo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. 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.

    Authors: Beverly D. Bradley, Tiffany Jung, Ananya Tandon-Verma, Bassem Khoury, Timothy C. Y. Chan and Yu-Ling Cheng
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:32
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. 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...

    Authors: Mark J. Dobrow, Fiona A. Miller, Cy Frank and Adalsteinn D. Brown
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:31
    Content type: Opinion Published on:

  10. 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...

    Authors: E. A. Obuku, J. N. Lavis, A. Kinengyere, D. K. Mafigiri, F. Sengooba, C. Karamagi and N. K. Sewankambo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:30
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. 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...

    Authors: Patricia Henley, Varalakshmi Elango, Olaf Horstick, Riris Andono Ahmad, Christine Maure, Pascal Launois, Corinne Merle, Jamila Nabieva and Yodi Mahendradhata
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:28
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  13. 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...

    Authors: Lawrence A. Palinkas, Mee Young Um, Chung Hyeon Jeong, Ka Ho Brian Chor, Serene Olin, Sarah M. Horwitz and Kimberly E. Hoagwood
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:27
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  14. 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.

    Authors: Steve Hanney, Trisha Greenhalgh, Amanda Blatch-Jones, Matthew Glover and James Raftery
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. 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...

    Authors: Sheree Bekker, Penny Paliadelis and Caroline F. Finch
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. 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 ...

    Authors: David Mc Conalogue, Sue Kinn, Jo-Ann Mulligan and Malcolm McNeil
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:24
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  18. Realising the economic potential of research institutions, including medical research institutes, represents a policy imperative for many Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development nations. The ass...

    Authors: Simon Deeming, Andrew Searles, Penny Reeves and Michael Nilsson
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:22
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Given the well documented undesired impacts of HIV/AIDS globally, there is a need to create a statistical inventory of research output on HIV/AIDS. This need is particularly important for a country such as Les...

    Authors: Eltony Mugomeri, Bisrat S. Bekele, Mamajoin Mafaesa, Charles Maibvise, Clemence Tarirai and Sunny E. Aiyuk
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. Funders now frequently require that sex and gender be considered in research programmes, but provide little guidance about how this can be accomplished, especially in large research programmes. The purpose of ...

    Authors: Martin Cooke, Nancy Waite, Katie Cook, Emily Milne, Feng Chang, Lisa McCarthy and Beth Sproule
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:20
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  21. Knowledge translation (KT) is a buzzword in modern medical science. However, there has been little theoretical reflection on translation as a process of meaning production in KT. In this paper, we argue that K...

    Authors: Eivind Engebretsen, Tony Joakim Sandset and John Ødemark
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:19
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  22. Investing in research that is not accessible or used is a waste of resources and an injustice to human subject participants. Post-graduate students’ research in institutions of higher learning involves conside...

    Authors: E. A. Obuku, J. N. Lavis, A. Kinengyere, D. K. Mafigiri, F. Sengooba, C. Karamagi and N. K. Sewankambo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:18
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  23. Primary healthcare researchers are under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable and lasting improvement in clinical practice and healthcare policy as a result of their work. It is therefore important to...

    Authors: Richard L. Reed, Ellen McIntyre, Eleanor Jackson-Bowers and Libby Kalucy
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. There is growing interest in the use of the management concept of a ‘learning organisation’. The objective of this review is to explore work undertaken towards the application of this concept to the health sec...

    Authors: E. Akhnif, J. Macq, M.O Idrissi Fakhreddine and B. Meessen
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. Published descriptions of implementation strategies often lack precision and consistency, limiting replicability and slowing accumulation of knowledge. Recent publication guidelines for implementation strategi...

    Authors: Alicia C. Bunger, Byron J. Powell, Hillary A. Robertson, Hannah MacDowell, Sarah A. Birken and Christopher Shea
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:15
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  27. Adequate performance assessment benefits from the use of disaggregated data to allow a proper evaluation of health systems. Since routinely collected data are usually not disaggregated enough to allow stratifi...

    Authors: Britta Zander and Reinhard Busse
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:13
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  28. While in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia, higher education and research institutions are widely engaged with the Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science to advance gender equality, empirical resear...

    Authors: Pavel V. Ovseiko, Alison Chapple, Laurel D. Edmunds and Sue Ziebland
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:12
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. During the last decades, sex and gender biases have been identified in various areas of biomedical and public health research, leading to compromised validity of research findings. As a response, methodologica...

    Authors: Ingeborg Jahn, Claudia Börnhorst, Frauke Günther and Tilman Brand
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:11
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  30. 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...

    Authors: Andre Zida, John N. Lavis, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Bocar Kouyate, Kaelan Moat and Jessica Shearer
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:10
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  31. Quality practice of consumer engagement is still in its infancy in many sectors of medical research. The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) identified, early in its development, th...

    Authors: Caroline L. Miller, Kathy Mott, Michael Cousins, Stephanie Miller, Anne Johnson, Tony Lawson and Steve Wesselingh
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:9
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  32. The concept of vulnerability has held a central place in research ethics guidance since its introduction in the United States Belmont Report in 1979. It signals mindfulness for researchers and research ethics ...

    Authors: Dearbhail Bracken-Roche, Emily Bell, Mary Ellen Macdonald and Eric Racine
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:29

  33. Health policymakers in low- and middle-income countries continue to face difficulties in accessing and using research evidence for decision-making. This study aimed to identify and provide a refined categorisa...

    Authors: Boniface Mutatina, Robert Basaza, Ekwaro Obuku, John N. Lavis and Nelson Sewankambo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:7
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Research positions embedded within healthcare settings have been identified as an enabler to allied health professional (AHP) research capacity; however, there is currently limited research formally evaluating...

    Authors: Rachel J. Wenke, Elizabeth C. Ward, Ingrid Hickman, Julie Hulcombe, Rachel Phillips and Sharon Mickan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:6
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  35. Facilitating and enhancing interaction between stakeholders involved in the policymaking process to stimulate collaboration and use of evidence, is important to foster the development of effective Health Enhan...

    Authors: Hilde P. E. M. Spitters, Cathrine J. Lau, Petru Sandu, Marcel Quanjel, Diana Dulf, Charlotte Glümer, Hans A. M. van Oers and Ien A. M. van de Goor
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. 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 netwo...

    Authors: Mike English, Philip Ayieko, Rachel Nyamai, Fred Were, David Githanga and Grace Irimu
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Publicly funded biomedical and health research is expected to achieve the best return possible for taxpayers and for society generally. It is therefore important to know whether such research is more productiv...

    Authors: Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte, Jon Sussex, Enora Robin, Sue Guthrie and Steve Wooding
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

  38. Biomedical research can have impacts on patient care at research-active hospitals. We qualitatively evaluated the impact of the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (Oxford BRC), a university-hospital partnership...

    Authors: Catherine A Lichten, Grace Marsden, Alexandra Pollitt, Vasiliki Kiparoglou, Keith M Channon and Jon Sussex
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:2
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Capacity building strategies are widely used to increase the use of research in policy development. However, a lack of well-validated measures for policy contexts has hampered efforts to identify priorities fo...

    Authors: Sue E. Brennan, Joanne E. McKenzie, Tari Turner, Sally Redman, Steve Makkar, Anna Williamson, Abby Haynes and Sally E. Green
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. In 2016, England’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) celebrated its tenth anniversary as an innovative national health research system with a focus on meeting patients’ needs. This provides a good ...

    Authors: Stephen R. Hanney and Miguel A. González-Block
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:90
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  41. 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 insti...

    Authors: Martina Lembani, Gina Teddy, Dintle Molosiwa and Boroto Hwabamungu
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:89
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Preventing chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, requires complex interventions, involving multi-component and multi-level efforts that are tailored to the contexts in which th...

    Authors: Cameron D. Willis, Barbara L. Riley, Lisa Stockton, Aneta Abramowicz, Dana Zummach, Geoff Wong, Kerry L. Robinson and Allan Best
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:88
    Content type: Review Published on:

  43. Health sector and programme performance assessments provide a rich source of contextual data directly linked to implementation of programmes and can inform health policy dialogue, planning and resource allocat...

    Authors: Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Prosper Tumusiime, Jennifer Nyoni and Aku Kwamie
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:87
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  44. 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 ev...

    Authors: Yot Teerawattananon, Sripen Tantivess, Inthira Yamabhai, Nattha Tritasavit, Damian G. Walker, Joshua T. Cohen and Peter J. Neumann
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:86
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. There is a need to develop innovations that can help bridge the gap between research and policy. Web CIPHER is an online tool designed to help policymakers better engage with research in order to increase its ...

    Authors: Steve R. Makkar, Megan Howe, Anna Williamson and Frances Gilham
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:85
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. Enhancing the use of evidence in policymaking is critical to addressing the global burden of nutrition-related disease. Whilst the public health nutrition community has embraced evidence-informed policymaking,...

    Authors: P. Field, R. Gauld and M. Lawrence
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:84
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Rapid reviews have the potential to overcome a key barrier to the use of research evidence in decision making, namely that of the lack of timely and relevant research. This rapid review of systematic reviews a...

    Authors: Michelle M. Haby, Evelina Chapman, Rachel Clark, Jorge Barreto, Ludovic Reveiz and John N. Lavis
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:83
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. In the Arab world, intervention and policy response to non-communicable diseases (NCD) has been weak despite extensive epidemiological evidence highlighting the alarmingly increased prevalence of chronic disea...

    Authors: Zeina Jamaluddine, Abla Mehio Sibai, Shahd Othman and Soha Yazbek
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:81
    Content type: Review Published on:
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