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  1. Pakistan is far behind in achieving the Millennium Development Goals regarding the reduction of child and maternal mortality. Amongst other factors, transport barriers make the requisite obstetric care inacces...

    Authors: Naeem uddin Mian, Mariam Zahid Malik, Sarosh Iqbal, Muhammad Adeel Alvi, Zahid Memon, Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry, Ashraf Majrooh and Shehzad Hussain Awan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13(Suppl 1):S57
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 1

  2. The maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) indicators of Pakistan depict the deplorable state of the poor and rural women and children. Many MNCH programmes stress the need to engage the poor in community ...

    Authors: Ayesha Aziz, Fazal Ali Khan and Geof Wood
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13(Suppl 1):S56
    Content type: Research Published on:

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  3. The case of contracting out government health services to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has been weak for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services, with documented gains being mainly in cura...

    Authors: Shehla Zaidi, Atif Riaz, Fauziah Rabbani, Syed Iqbal Azam, Syeda Nida Imran, Nouhseen Akber Pradhan and Gul Nawaz Khan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13(Suppl 1):S54
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  4. Policy and decision making should be based on evidence, but translating evidence into policy and practice is often sporadic and slow. It is recognised that the relationship between research and policy uptake i...

    Authors: Atsumi Hirose, Sarah Hall, Zahid Memon and Julia Hussein
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13(Suppl 1):S47
    Content type: Introduction Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 13 Supplement 1

  5. The Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS) was developed in the United States to assess attitudes of mental health and welfare professionals toward evidence-based interventions. Although the EBPAS has ...

    Authors: Maartje A. M. S. van Sonsbeek, Giel J. M. Hutschemaekers, Jan W. Veerman, Marloes Kleinjan, Gregory A. Aarons and Bea G. Tiemens
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:69
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  7. The establishment of scientific collaborations with researchers abroad can be considered a good practice to make appropriate use of their knowledge and to increase the possibilities of them returning to their ...

    Authors: Pedro Aceituno-Aceituno, Sonia Janeth Romero-Martínez, Patricia Victor-Ponce and José García-Núñez
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:67
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  8. This paper aims to describe the contextual factors that gave rise to evidence-based medicine (EBM), as well as its controversies and limitations in the current health context. Our analysis utilizes two framewo...

    Authors: Ana Fernandez, Joachim Sturmberg, Sue Lukersmith, Rosamond Madden, Ghazal Torkfar, Ruth Colagiuri and Luis Salvador-Carulla
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:66
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), as an emerging technology, have become increasingly important in the development of human therapeutic agents. How developing countries such as China could seize this emerging tech...

    Authors: Mao-Yu Zhang, Jian Li, Hao Hu and Yi-Tao Wang
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:64
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. The “Unfinished Agenda” of infectious diseases is of great importance to policymakers and research funding agencies that require ongoing research evidence on their effective management. Journal publications he...

    Authors: Michael G. Head, Joseph R. Fitchett, Gemma Derrick, Fatima B. Wurie, Jonathan Meldrum, Nina Kumari, Benjamin Beattie, Christopher J. Counts and Rifat Atun
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:63
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  12. Ideally, the allocation of research funding for each specific type of cancer should be proportional to its societal burden. This burden can be estimated with the metric ‘years of life lost’ (YLL), which combin...

    Authors: Ashley J. R. Carter, Beverly Delarosa and Hannah Hur
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:62
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  13. A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required investments in national health res...

    Authors: Joses Muthuri Kirigia, Martin Okechukwu Ota, Marion Motari, Juliet Evelyn Bataringaya and Pascal Mouhouelo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:61
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  14. Genomic research has the potential to increase knowledge in health sciences, but the process has to ensure the safety, integrity and well-being of research participants. A legal framework for the conduct of he...

    Authors: Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, Nathan Kapata, Albertina Ngomah Moraes, Gershom Chongwe and James Munthali
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:60
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  15. Health policymaking is a complex process and analysing the role of evidence is still an evolving area in many low- and middle-income countries. Where evidence is used, it is greatly affected by cognitive and i...

    Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe, Nkoli Uguru, Giuliano Russo, Enyi Etiaba, Chinyere Mbachu, Tolib Mirzoev and Benjamin Uzochukwu
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:46
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  16. It is desirable that health researchers have the ability to conduct research on health equity and contribute to the development of their national health system and policymaking processes. However, in low- and ...

    Authors: Lucinda Cash-Gibson, German Guerra and V Nelly Salgado-de-Snyder
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:45
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  17. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) as a public-private partnership with community hospitals with a goal of advancing cancer care and research...

    Authors: Debra J. Holden, Kristin Reiter, Donna O’Brien and Kathleen Dalton
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:44
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  18. The gaps observed between the use of research evidence and policy have been reported to be based on the different methods of using research evidence in policymaking by researchers and actual policymakers. Some...

    Authors: Riitta-Maija Hämäläinen, Arja R. Aro, Ien van de Goor, Cathrine Juel Lau, Mette Winge Jakobsen, Razvan M. Chereches and Ahmed M Syed
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:43
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  20. As many challenges exist for access to diabetes care in developing countries, the International Insulin Foundation developed a Rapid Assessment tool and implemented this approach to identify barriers to care a...

    Authors: David Beran, J. Jaime Miranda, Maria Kathia Cardenas and Maryam Bigdeli
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:41
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  21. The use of health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support decision making in health systems is limited in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This is partly due to the lack of effective initiatives t...

    Authors: Fadi El-Jardali, Shadi Saleh, Rawya Khodor, Raeda Abu Al Rub, Chokri Arfa, Habiba Ben Romdhane and Randah R. Hamadeh
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:40
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  22. Coverage decisions determining the benefit baskets of health systems have been increasingly relying on evidence regarding patient benefit and costs. Relevant structures, methodologies, and processes have espec...

    Authors: Dimitra Panteli, Helene Eckhardt, Alexandra Nolting, Reinhard Busse and Michael Kulig
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:39
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  23. It is unclear how the public would respond to changes in government decisions about how much to spend on medical research in total and specifically on major disease areas such as cancer. Our aim was to elicit ...

    Authors: Koonal Kirit Shah, Jon Sussex and Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:38
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:42

  25. Contemporary research should increasingly be carried out in the context of application. Nowotny called this new form of knowledge production Mode-2. In line with Mode-2 knowledge production, the Dutch governme...

    Authors: Maria WJ Jansen, Hans AM van Oers, Mizzi DR Middelweerd, Ien AM van de Goor and Dirk Ruwaard
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:36
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  26. The importance of utilising the best available research evidence in the development of health policies, services, and programs is increasingly recognised, yet few standardised systems for quantifying policymak...

    Authors: Steve R Makkar, Anna Williamson, Tari Turner, Sally Redman and Jordan Louviere
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:35
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  27. Nationally representative observational and translational research is needed to address the public health challenges in Indonesia due to the geographic disparity, recently decentralized health system, and dive...

    Authors: Muhammad Karyana, Herman Kosasih, Gina Samaan, Emiliana Tjitra, Abu Tholib Aman, Bachti Alisjahbana, Fatmawati, M. Hussein Gasem, Mansyur Arif, Pratiwi Sudarmono, Suharto, Tuti P. Merati, Clifford Lane, Siswanto and Sophia Siddiqui
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:34
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  28. Communities of practice (CoPs) have been used in the health sector to support professional practice change. However, little is known about how CoPs might be used to influence a system that requires change at a...

    Authors: Anita Kothari, Jennifer A Boyko, James Conklin, Paul Stolee and Shannon L Sibbald
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:65

  30. Health policy analysis is important for all health policies especially in fields with ever changing evidence-based interventions such as HIV prevention. However, there are few published reports of health polic...

    Authors: Walter Denis Odoch, Kenneth Kabali, Racheal Ankunda, Joseph Mumba Zulu and Moses Tetui
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:31
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  31. Research is essential to identify and prioritize health needs and to develop appropriate strategies to improve health outcomes. In the last decade, non-academic research capacity strengthening trainings in sub...

    Authors: Lambert Mugabo, Dominique Rouleau, Jackline Odhiambo, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Cheryl Amoroso, Peter Barebwanuwe, Christine Warugaba, Lameck Habumugisha and Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:30
    Content type: Review Published on:

  33. Industry-sponsored clinical trials, in the past performed almost exclusively in more developed countries, now often recruit participants globally. However, recruitment from outside high-income countries may no...

    Authors: Srinivas Murthy, Kenneth D. Mandl and Florence T. Bourgeois
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:28
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  34. Development of health policy is a complex process that does not necessarily follow a particular format and a predictable trajectory. Therefore, agenda setting and selecting of alternatives are critical process...

    Authors: Augustina Koduah, Han van Dijk and Irene Akua Agyepong
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:27
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  35. In striving to contribute towards improved health outcomes, health research institutions generate and accumulate huge volumes of relevant but often underutilized data. This study explores activities undertaken...

    Authors: David Roger Walugembe, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Elizeus Rutebemberwa and Laura Reichenbach
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. International policy suggests that collaborative priority setting (CPS) between researchers and end users of research should shape the research agenda, and can increase capacity to address the research-practic...

    Authors: Jo Cooke, Steven Ariss, Christine Smith and Jennifer Read
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Health technology assessment and healthcare decision-making are based on multiple criteria and evidence, and heterogeneous opinions of participating stakeholders. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) offers...

    Authors: Philip Wahlster, Mireille Goetghebeur, Sandra Schaller, Christine Kriza and Peter Kolominsky-Rabas
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Systematic reviews of research are increasingly recognised as important for informing decisions across policy sectors and for setting priorities for research. Although reviews draw on international research, t...

    Authors: Sandy Oliver, Mukdarut Bangpan, Claire Stansfield and Ruth Stewart
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:23
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Effective use of research to inform policymaking can be strengthened by policymakers undertaking various research engagement actions (e.g., accessing, appraising, and applying research). Consequently, we devel...

    Authors: Steve R Makkar, Anna Williamson, Tari Turner, Sally Redman and Jordan Louviere
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:22
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  40. Without good policies it will be difficult to provide guidance to research and innovation systems. However, policies need to be followed through and implemented to have the desired effect. We studied the polic...

    Authors: Julius Mugwagwa, Daniel Edwards and Sylvia de Haan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:21
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  42. Health is influenced by determinants beyond the traditional conception of the health sector. Increasingly, global actors are targeting policymakers at global and national levels to take an intersectoral approa...

    Authors: James Bao, Kavi Bhalla and Sara Bennett
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Research funding agencies continue to grapple with assessing research impact. Theoretical frameworks are useful tools for describing and understanding research impact. The purpose of this narrative literature ...

    Authors: Andrew J Milat, Adrian E Bauman and Sally Redman
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:18
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. Burden of disease (BoD) studies have been conducted in numerous international settings since the early 1990’s. Two national BoD studies have been undertaken in Australia, in 1998 and 2003, although neither stu...

    Authors: Jessica R Botfield, Anthony B Zwi and Peter S Hill
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Implementation science and knowledge translation have developed across multiple disciplines with the common aim of bringing innovations to practice. Numerous implementation frameworks, models, and theories hav...

    Authors: Joanna C Moullin, Daniel Sabater-Hernández, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos and Shalom I Benrimoj
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Health systems are complex and health policies are political. While grand policies are set by politicians, the detailed implementation strategies which influence the shape and impact of these policies are dele...

    Authors: Alexandra L Martiniuk, Seye Abimbola and Merrick Zwarenstein
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:15
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  47. Identifying research priorities is key to innovation and economic growth, since it informs decision makers on effectively targeting issues that have the greatest potential public benefit. As such, the process ...

    Authors: Sylvia de Haan, Rose Kingamkono, Neema Tindamanyire, Hassan Mshinda, Harun Makandi, Flora Tibazarwa, Bruno Kubata and Gabriela Montorzi
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. In the UK, the recruitment of patients into clinical research is a national health research and development policy priority. There has been limited investigation of how national level factors operate as barrie...

    Authors: Mary Adams, Louise Caffrey and Christopher McKevitt
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many factors inte...

    Authors: Maryse C Kok, Sumit S Kane, Olivia Tulloch, Hermen Ormel, Sally Theobald, Marjolein Dieleman, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Jacqueline EW Broerse and Korrie AM de Koning
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. There has been a dramatic increase in the body of evidence demonstrating the benefits that come from health research. In 2014, the funding bodies for higher education in the UK conducted an assessment of resea...

    Authors: Stephen R Hanney and Miguel A González-Block
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2015 13:12
    Content type: Editorial Published on:
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