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  1.  The aim of this work is to characterize the processes associated with patient and public involvement (PPI) in the form of public consultations (PC) during the first 10 years of operation of the National Commi...

    Authors: Ana Carolina De Freitas Lopes, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh Novaes and Patrícia Coelho De Soárez
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:72
  2. Health evidence needs to be communicated and disseminated in a manner that is clearly understood by decision-makers. As an inherent component of health knowledge translation, communicating results of scientifi...

    Authors: Rachel Riera, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz Latorraca, Roberta Carreira Moreira Padovez, Rafael Leite Pacheco, Davi Mamblona Marques Romão, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, Maria Lúcia Teixeira Machado, Romeu Gomes, Silvio Fernandes da Silva and Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:71
  3. Digital transformation in healthcare and the growth of health data generation and collection are important challenges for the secondary use of healthcare records in the health research field. Likewise, due to ...

    Authors: Celia Alvarez-Romero, Alicia Martínez-García, Máximo Bernabeu-Wittel and Carlos Luis Parra-Calderón
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:70
  4. Participatory systems mapping is increasingly used to gain insight into the complex systems surrounding non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors.

    Authors: Amber van den Akker, Alice Fabbri, Dima I. Alardah, Anna B. Gilmore and Harry Rutter
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:69
  5. The Belgian government has taken several measures to increase the uptake of biosimilars in past years. However, no formal evaluation of the impact of these measures has been made yet. This study aimed to inves...

    Authors: Yannick Vandenplas, Steven Simoens, Philippe Van Wilder, Arnold G. Vulto and Isabelle Huys
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:68
  6. Local governments play an important role in improving public health outcomes globally, critical to this work is applying the best-available research evidence. Despite considerable exploration of research use i...

    Authors: Jennifer L. Dam, Phoebe Nagorka-Smith, Alex Waddell, Annemarie Wright, Joannette J. Bos and Peter Bragge
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:67
  7. Biomedical research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), breast cancer (BC) and prostate cancer (PC) has globally improved our understanding of the etiopathological mechanisms underlying the onset of these diseases, o...

    Authors: Francesca Pistollato, Ivana Campia, Evangelos P. Daskalopoulos, Camilla Bernasconi, Christian Desaintes, Sergio Di Virgilio, Christina Kyriakopoulou, Maurice Whelan and Pierre Deceuninck
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:66
  8. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), a publicly funded health insurance scheme, was launched in India in September 2018 to provide financial access to health services for poor Indians. PM-JAY design ...

    Authors: Swati Srivastava, Maria Paola Bertone, Sharmishtha Basu, Manuela De Allegri and Stephan Brenner
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:65
  9. Research priority setting aims to identify research gaps within particular health fields. Given the global burden of mental illness and underfunding of mental health research compared to other health topics, k...

    Authors: Kris Deering, Neil Brimblecombe, Jane C. Matonhodze, Fiona Nolan, Daniela A. Collins and Laoise Renwick
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:64
  10. Government policy can promote physical activity (PA) as part of a multilevel systems-based approach. The Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (PA-EPI) is a monitoring framework which assesses the impleme...

    Authors: Kevin Volf, Liam Kelly, Aurelie Van Hoye, Enrique García Bengoechea, Ann MacPhail and Catherine B. Woods
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:63
  11. Evidence-based decision-making is a foundation of health information systems; however, routine health information is not mostly utilized by decision makers in the Amhara region. Therefore, this study aimed to ...

    Authors: Moges Asressie Chanyalew, Mezgebu Yitayal, Asmamaw Atnafu and Binyam Tilahun
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:62
  12. Despite the legalization of abortion in 2002 and the concerted efforts of the Ministry of Health and Population, abortion services remain inaccessible for many Nepali women. In 2017, the United States governme...

    Authors: Sarmila Dhakal, Mahesh Puri, Preeti Gautam, Kusum Wagle, Samantha Luffy and Bergen Cooper
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:61
  13. Refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants without status experience precarious living and working conditions that disproportionately expose them to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In the two most populous Ca...

    Authors: Lara Gautier, Erica Di Ruggiero, Carly Jackson, Naïma Bentayeb, Marie-Jeanne Blain, Fariha Chowdhury, Serigne Touba Mbacké Gueye, Muzhgan Haydary, Lara Maillet, Laila Mahmoudi, Shinjini Mondal, Armel Ouffouet Bessiranthy, Pierre Pluye, Saliha Ziam and Nassera Touati
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:59
  14. Local evidence is important for contextualized knowledge translation. It can be used to adapt global recommendations, to identify future research priorities and inform local policy decisions. However, there ar...

    Authors: Clémence Ongolo-Zogo, Hussein El-Khechen, Frederick Morfaw, Pascal Djiadjeu, Babalwa Zani, Andrea Darzi, Paul Wankah Nji, Agatha Nyambi, Andrea Youta, Faiyaz Zaman, Cheikh Tchouambou Youmbi, Ines Ndzana Siani and Lawrence Mbuagbaw
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:58
  15. Efficiency analyses have been widely used in the literature to rank countries regarding their health system performances. However, little place has been given to the environmental aspect: two countries with th...

    Authors: Armel Ngami and Bruno Ventelou
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:57
  16. To support public health researchers and advocates seeking to challenge the influence of powerful commercial actors on health, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of corporate political activitie...

    Authors: Jennifer Lacy-Nichols, Madalyn Quinn and Katherine Cullerton
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:56
  17. The translation of research into healthcare practice relies on effective communication between disciplines, however strategies to address the gap between information sharing and knowledge transfer are still un...

    Authors: Janelle James-McAlpine, Sarah Larkins and Cate Nagle
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:55
  18. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS launched the 90-90-90 initiative. Failure to meet the target reflects the difficulties in successfully implementing HIV treatment policy. There are research gaps ...

    Authors: Martha Ali Abdulai, Fraukje E. F. Mevissen, Veerle Marien, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Kwaku Poku Asante and Arjan E. R. Bos
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:54
  19. The integration of preventative health services into England’s National Health Service is one of the cornerstones of current health policy. This integration is primarily envisaged through the removal of legisl...

    Authors: Tehseen Khan, Clare Coultas, Katharina Kieslich and Peter Littlejohns
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:53
  20. Policies that support health self-management are malleable and highly dependent on various factors that influence governments. Within a world that is shifting toward digitalization due to pressures such as the...

    Authors: Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré, Bruno J. Battistini, Craig Kuziemsky and Jeffrey W. Jutai
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:52
  21. Co-production is an umbrella term used to describe the process of generating knowledge through partnerships between researchers and those who will use or benefit from research. Multiple advantages of research ...

    Authors: Robert K. D. McLean, Fred Carden, Alice B. Aiken, Rebecca Armstrong, Judy Bray, Christine E. Cassidy, Olivia Daub, Erica Di Ruggiero, Leslie A. Fierro, Michelle Gagnon, Alison M. Hutchinson, Roman Kislov, Anita Kothari, Sara Kreindler, Chris McCutcheon, Jessica Reszel…
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:51
  22. Low back pain (LBP) is a major cause of disease burden around the world. There is known clinical variation in how LBP is treated and addressed; with one cited reason the lack of availability, or use of, eviden...

    Authors: Sarika Parambath, Nathalia Costa, Carmen Huckel Schneider and Fiona M. Blyth
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:49
  23. Quality improvement collaboratives are a common approach to improving quality of care. They rely on collaboration across and within health facilities to enable and accelerate quality improvement. Originating i...

    Authors: Zelee Hill, Dorka Keraga, Abiyou Kiflie Alemayehu, Joanna Schellenberg, Hema Magge and Abiy Estifanos
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:48
  24. Current United States Department of Defense (DoD) estimates indicate that women comprise 17% of the total active duty component. Despite this, the specific health needs of service women have often been neglect...

    Authors: Miranda Lynn Janvrin, Jessica Korona-Bailey and Tracey Perez Koehlmoos
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:47
  25. In 2016, the Gratuité policy was initiated by the Government of Burkina Faso to remove user fees for maternal, newborn, and child Health (MNCH) services. Since its inception, there has not been any systematic ...

    Authors: Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Marie-Jeanne Offosse, Pierre Yameogo, Astrid Raissa Manli, Aude Goumbri, Cephas Avoka, Matt Boxshall and Ejemai Eboreime
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:46
  26. Demand for rapid evidence-based syntheses to inform health policy and systems decision-making has increased worldwide, including in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To promote use of rapid syntheses i...

    Authors: Reid C. Robson, Sonia M. Thomas, Étienne V. Langlois, Rhona Mijumbi, Ismael Kawooya, Jesmin Antony, Melissa Courvoisier, Krystle Amog, Robert Marten, Ivdity Chikovani, Devaki Nambiar, Rajani R. Ved, Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Nur Zahirah Balqis-Ali, Sondi Sararaks, Shakirah Md. Sharif…
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:45
  27. The roles and functionality of technical working groups (TWGs) in the health sectors vary across countries, still they aim to support government and ministries in formulating evidence-informed recommendations ...

    Authors: Melody Sakala, Marlen Stacey Chawani, Isabel Kazanga-Chiumia, Hleziwe Hara, Leila Abdullahi, Dzinkambani Kambalame, Josephine Banda, Collins Mitambo, Anja Terlouw and Rose Oronje
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:44
  28. In prior research, we identified and prioritized ten measures to assess research performance that comply with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, a principle adopted worldwide that discourage...

    Authors: Himani Boury, Mathieu Albert, Robert H. C. Chen, James C. L. Chow, Ralph DaCosta, Michael M. Hoffman, Behrang Keshavarz, Pia Kontos, Mary Pat McAndrews, Stephanie Protze and Anna R. Gagliardi
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:43
  29. Systems thinking can be used as a participatory data collection and analysis tool to understand complex implementation contexts and their dynamics with interventions, and it can support the selection of tailor...

    Authors: Cassandra Rehbock, Thomas Krafft, Anja Sommer, Carijn Beumer, Stefan K. Beckers, Stefan Thate, Jörn Kaminski and Alexandra Ziemann
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:42
  30. Evidence-informed policymaking on human resources for health (HRH) has been directly linked with health system productivity, accessibility, equity, quality, and efficiency. The lack of reliable HRH data has ma...

    Authors: Zhila Najafpour, Mohammad Arab and Kamran Shayanfard
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:41
  31. Despite the importance of evidence syntheses in informing policymaking, their production and use remain limited in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR). There is a lack of empirical research on approaches to...

    Authors: Fadi El-Jardali, Racha Fadlallah, Lama Bou Karroum and Elie A. Akl
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:40
  32. The participation of health professionals in designing interventions is considered vital to effective implementation, yet in areas such as clinical coordination is rarely promoted and evaluated. This study, pa...

    Authors: Ingrid Vargas, Amparo-Susana Mogollón-Pérez, Pamela Eguiguren, Isabella Samico, Fernando Bertolotto, Julieta López-Vázquez, Delia-Inés Amarilla, Pierre De Paepe and María-Luisa Vázquez
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:39
  33. The disconnect between research and clinical practice leads to research evidence that is often not useful for clinical practice. Practice-based research networks are collaborations between researchers and clin...

    Authors: Connor Gleadhill, Christopher M. Williams, Steven J. Kamper, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Andrew Delbridge, Benjamin Mahon, Bruce Donald, Caitlin Delore, Craig Boettcher, David Renfrew, Joshua Manvell, Katherine Dooley, Michael Byrne, Toby Watson, Andrew Makaroff, Benedicta Gibbs…
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:38
  34. Hypertensive patients' failure to refer to health centers for the management of their disease is the most fundamental public health challenge in most societies. The aim of this study was to identify the utiliz...

    Authors: Farzad Faraji-Khiavi, Sasan Ghorbani Kalkhajeh, Behnam Gholizadeh and Behnaz Dindamal
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:37
  35. Evidence-informed policy-making aims to ensure that the best and most relevant evidence is systematically generated and used for policy-making. The aim of this study was to assess institutional structures, fun...

    Authors: Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Ijeoma Nkem Okedo‑Alex, Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Bilikis Iyabo Uneke, Irene Ifeyinwa Eze, Onyekachi Echefu Chukwu, Kingsley Igboji Otubo and Henry C. Urochukwu
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:36
  36. Local government authorities are well positioned to change the way food is produced and consumed through the implementation of integrated food policies. By facilitating the uptake of healthy and sustainable di...

    Authors: Liza R. Barbour, Julie L. Woods and Julie K. Brimblecombe
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:35
  37. The WHO Unity Studies initiative supports countries, especially low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), in conducting seroepidemiologic studies for rapidly informing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten g...

    Authors: Karen Hennessey, Lorenzo Pezzoli and Carsten Mantel
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:34
  38. Despite the high burden of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), less than 25% of those in need have access to appropriate services, in part due to a scarcity of locally relevant, evide...

    Authors: Ramdas Ransing, Mary Hawk, Margaret McDonald, Jacquelyn Jones, Triptish Bhatia, Vijay Verma, Gyan D. Shah, Jaspreet Brar, James Erin Egan, Prasad Konsale, Jasmine Kaur, Ravinder Singh, Harpreet Singh, R. S. Dhaliwal, Joel Wood, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar…
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:33
  39. Recommendations for research partnerships between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs) stress the importance of equity within the collaboration. However, there is limited k...

    Authors: Chelsea E. Modlin, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Larry W. Chang, Nelson K. Sewankambo and Joseph Ali
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:32
  40. Citizen science (CS) is increasingly being utilised to involve the public in public health research, but little is known about whether and how CS can address the needs of policy and practice stakeholders in he...

    Authors: Leah Marks, Ben J. Smith, Jo Mitchell, Yvonne Laird and Samantha Rowbotham
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:31
  41. Research impact is an emerging measure of research achievement alongside traditional academic outputs such as publications. We present the results of applying the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translatio...

    Authors: Shanthi Ramanathan, Elizabeth Lynch, Julie Bernhardt, Michael Nilsson, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Leeanne Carey, Sandy Middleton, Jan Chamberlain, Frederick Rohan Walker, Penny Reeves and Andrew Searles
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:30
  42. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are associated with high levels of morbidity and disability as a result of stigma and social exclusion. To date, the management of NTDs has been largely biomedical. Consequen...

    Authors: Laura Dean, Rachel Tolhurst, Gartee Nallo, Karsor Kollie, Anthony Bettee and Sally Theobald
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:29
  43. Given the many challenges facing healthcare access in many developing countries and the added limitations observed in emergencies like COVID-19 pandemic, the authors here discuss an alternative and feasible ap...

    Authors: Omnia Abdelraheem, Diana G. Sami and Mohamed Salama
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:28
  44. The transference of research evidence into routine healthcare practice remains poorly understood. This includes understanding the prerequisites of longer-term viability. The present study investigated the sust...

    Authors: Emily Banwell, Neil Humphrey and Pamela Qualter
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:27
  45. Releasing timely and relevant clinical guidelines is challenging for organizations globally. Priority-setting is crucial, as guideline development is resource-intensive. Our aim, as a national organization res...

    Authors: Brooke Atkins, Tom Briffa, Cia Connell, Amanda K. Buttery and Garry L. R. Jennings
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:26
  46. Comments in PubMed are usually short papers for supporting or refuting claims, or discussing methods and findings in original articles. This study aims to explore whether they can be used as a quick and reliab...

    Authors: Shuang Wang, Halil Kilicoglu and Jian Du
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:25
  47. Success with highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in developing countries has been attributed to collaborative North–South resource-sharing and capacity-buildin...

    Authors: Charles C. Maponga, Alison T. Mhazo and Gene D. Morse
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:24
  48. Universal health coverage (UHC) is an emerging priority of health systems worldwide and central to Sustainable Development Goal 3 (target 3.8). Critical to the achievement of UHC, is quality of care. However, ...

    Authors: Bernice Yanful, Abirami Kirubarajan, Dominika Bhatia, Sujata Mishra, Sara Allin and Erica Di Ruggiero
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2023 21:21