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Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:120
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Fundamental challenges in assessing the impact of research infrastructure
Clinical research infrastructure is one of the unsung heroes of the scientific response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The extensive, long-term funding into research support structures, skilled people, and ...
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How has implementation been incorporated in health technology assessments in the United Kingdom? A systematic rapid review
Health interventions in a clinical setting may be complex. This is particularly true of clinical interventions which require systems reorganization or behavioural change, and/or when implementation involves ad...
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Institutional-level drivers of gender-inequitable scientific career progression in sub-Saharan Africa
This study sought to determine how institutional environments, including values, policies, and their implementation, shape inequities in scientific career progression for women and men, and their disadvantages...
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Involvement of professionals in research: knowledge integration, development of practice, and challenges: a group concept mapping study
Research and practice are often considered as two different worlds with different values, which causes a gap between them. Involving professionals such as practitioners, managers, decision-makers, and policy-m...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:115 -
Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making: protocol of a multi-country, transdisciplinary, mixed-methods research programme in three sub-Saharan countries
Health information systems are crucial to provide data for decision-making and demand for data is constantly growing. However, the link between data and decisions is not always rational or linear and the manag...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:112 -
The value and promise of embedded research
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):99 -
Using participatory action research to improve immunization utilization in areas with pockets of unimmunized children in Nigeria
In 2005, Nigeria adopted the Reaching Every Ward strategy to improve vaccination coverage for children 0–23 months of age. By 2015, Ogun state had full coverage (100%) in 12 of its 20 local government areas, b...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):88 -
Cross-cutting lessons from the Decision-Maker Led Implementation Research initiative
Almost 20 million children under one year of age did not receive basic vaccines in 2019, and most of these children lived in low- and middle-income countries. Implementation research has been recognized as an ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):83 -
The influence of linkages, feedback mechanisms, and caregiver mobility on immunization follow-up visits in Lideta sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study
Losing children to follow-up is one of the major barriers identified in Ethiopia’s immunization programme. In many urban slum areas like Lideta sub-city, Addis Ababa, several demand- and supply-side factors af...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):69 -
Decision-maker led implementation research on immunization: learning from low- and middle-income countries
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):68 -
Social media, vaccine hesitancy and trust deficit in immunization programs: a qualitative enquiry in Malappuram District of Kerala, India
With increased penetration of the internet and social media, there are concerns regarding its negative role in influencing parents’ decisions regarding vaccination for their children. It is perceived that a mi...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):56 -
Unveiling and addressing implementation barriers to routine immunization in the peri-urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan: a mixed-methods study
Great disparities in immunization coverage exist in Pakistan between urban and rural areas. However, coverage estimates for large peri-urban slums in Sindh are largely unknown and implementation challenges rem...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):55 -
A qualitative study of the development and utilization of health facility-based immunization microplans in Uganda
In 2006, Uganda adopted the Reaching Every District strategy with the goal of attaining at least 80% coverage for routine immunizations in every district. The development and utilization of health facility/dis...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):52 -
Using health data for decision-making at each level of the health system to achieve universal health coverage in Ethiopia: the case of an immunization programme in a low-resource setting
For evidence-based decision-making, there is a need for quality, timely, relevant and accessible information at each level of the health system. Limited use of local data at each level of the health system is ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):48 -
Potential barriers to and facilitators of civil society organization engagement in increasing immunization coverage in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria: an implementation research
Civil society organizations (CSOs) are important in health care delivery. They have the potential to play significant roles in immunization-related services, such as advocacy, health education, demand creation...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):46 -
Evaluation of the feasibility and sustainability of the joint human and animal vaccination and its integration to the public health system in the Danamadji health district, Chad
One Health approaches such as the Joint human and animal vaccination programmes (JHAVP) are shown to be feasible and to increase health care access to hard-to-reach communities such as mobile pastoralists. How...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19(Suppl 2):44 -
The pragmatic, rapid, and iterative dissemination and implementation (PRIDI) cycle: adapting to the dynamic nature of public health emergencies (and beyond)
Public health emergencies—such as the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic—accelerate the need for both evidence generation and rapid dissemination and implementation (D&I) of evidence where it is most needed. In this paper...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:110 -
The usability and applicability of knowledge translation theories, models, and frameworks for research in the context of a national health service
Translating research findings into service improvements for patients and/or policy changes is a key challenge for health service organizations. The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland launched the Action...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:105 -
Rethinking approaches of science, technology, and innovation in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: the challenge of translating knowledge infrastructures to public needs
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak made it clear that despite the potential of science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) to positively impact healthcare systems worldwide, as shown by the rapid ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:104 -
Aiming for quality: a global compass for national learning systems
Transforming a health system into a learning one is increasingly recognized as necessary to support the implementation of a national strategic direction on quality with a focus on frontline experience. The app...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:102 -
Building the field of food systems research: commentary on a research funder’s role
The Food, Environment, and Health (FEH) program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) aims to improve the health of low- and middle-income country populations by generating evidence, innovati...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:101 -
An evaluation of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s advocacy strategy for policy change
Public health advocacy strategies facilitate policy change by bringing key health issues to the forefront of public and political discourse, influencing decision-makers and public opinion, and increasing polic...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:100 -
Assessing the performance of a method for case-mix adjustment in the Korean Diagnosis-Related Groups (KDRG) system and its policy implications
To evaluate the performance of the patient clinical complexity level (PCCL) mechanism, which is the patient-level complexity adjustment factor within the Korean Diagnosis-Related Groups (KDRG) patient classifi...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:98 -
Can intersectionality help with understanding and tackling health inequalities? Perspectives of professional stakeholders
The concept of “intersectionality” is increasingly employed within public health arenas, particularly in North America, and is often heralded as offering great potential to advance health inequalities research...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:97 -
The household financial burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
The chronic nature of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and costs associated with long-term care can result in catastrophic health expenditure for the patient and their household pushing them deeper into poverty ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:96 -
Understanding the complexity of population health interventions: assessing intervention system theory (ISyT)
Given their inherent complexity, we need a better understanding of what is happening inside the “black box” of population health interventions. The theory-driven intervention/evaluation paradigm is one approac...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:95 -
A 10-year longitudinal evaluation of science policy interventions to promote sex and gender in health research
Over the past decade, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has implemented multicomponent interventions to increase the uptake of sex and gender in grant applications. Interventions included manda...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:94 -
A cross-country comparison of malaria policy as a premise for contextualized appropriation of foreign aid in global health
Foreign aid continues to play an essential role in health sector development in low-resource countries, particularly in terms of providing a vital portion of their health expenditures. However, the relationshi...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:93 -
Where is critical analysis of power and positionality in knowledge translation?
In Canada, the Eurocentric epistemological foundations of knowledge translation (KT) approaches and practices have been significantly influenced by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) KT definiti...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:92 -
Policy options to increase motivation for improving evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran
Current incentive programmes are not sufficient to motivate researchers and policy-makers to use research evidence in policy-making. We conducted a mixed-methods design to identify context-based policy options...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:91 -
Cross-cultural adaption and psychometric investigation of the German version of the Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-36D)
The implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in mental health care confers many benefits to patients, and research into factors facilitating the implementation of EBP is needed. As an important factor a...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:90 -
Correction to: Measuring the impact of the Afordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on access to primary care using an interrupted time series approach
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:89 -
Development and validation of a guideline on sexual and reproductive health of breast cancer survivors in Iran: a mixed methods study protocol
Sexual and reproductive health problems significantly decrease quality of life in survivors of breast cancer. The best approach is to provide services according to evidence-based guidelines developed based on ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:87 -
An analysis of the impact of newborn survival policies in Pakistan using a policy triangle framework
Pakistan has made slow progress towards reducing the newborn mortality burden; as a result, it has the highest burden of newborn mortality worldwide. This article presents an analysis of the current policies, ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:86 -
Prioritizing guideline recommendations for implementation: a systematic, consumer-inclusive process with a case study using the Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management
Implementation of evidence-based care remains a key challenge in clinical practice. Determining “what” to implement can guide implementation efforts. This paper describes a process developed to identify priori...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:85 -
Health research capacity building of health workers in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a scoping review of challenges, strengths, and recommendations
Fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) have a strong need to improve the capacity of local health workers to conduct health research in order to improve health policy and health outcomes. Health researc...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:84 -
Integrated knowledge translation to advance noncommunicable disease policy and practice in South Africa: application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) framework
In response to the “know–do” gap, several initiatives have been implemented to enhance evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM). These include individual training, organizational culture change management, and...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:82 -
Setting the global research agenda for community-based HIV service delivery through the faith sector
While leading AIDS organizations expect faith and health collaborations to play a crucial role in organizing and scaling up community-based HIV services, it is unclear how this can be realized. Little primary ...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:81 -
Contextual differences considered in the Tunisian ADOLOPMENT of the European guidelines on breast cancer screening
Breast cancer is a common disease in Tunisia and is associated with high mortality rates. The “Instance Nationale de l’Evaluation et de l’Accréditation en Santé” (INEAS) and the Tunisian Society of Oncology de...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:80 -
A North–South-South partnership in higher education to develop health research capacity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the challenge of finding a common language
Globally, increasing numbers of higher education institutions (HEIs) in non-English-speaking countries have adopted English as a medium of instruction (EMI), because of the perception that this provides opport...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:79 -
How to disseminate national recommendations for physical activity: a qualitative analysis of critical change agents in Germany
Physical activity recommendations are reached by only a small part of the population. A common problem is that research findings on public health-related topics such as physical activity promotion are oftentim...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:78 -
Measuring the impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on access to primary care using an interrupted time series approach
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was created to increase access to primary care, improve quality of care, and decrease healthcare c...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:77 -
Learning from public health and hospital resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: protocol for a multiple case study (Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, and Mali)
All prevention efforts currently being implemented for COVID-19 are aimed at reducing the burden on strained health systems and human resources. There has been little research conducted to understand how SARS-...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:76 -
Systemic factors for enhancing intersectoral collaboration for the operationalization of One Health: a case study in India
One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the inter...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:75 -
Boundary spanning and identity work in the clinical research delivery workforce: a qualitative study of research nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in the National Health Service, United Kingdom
Research nurses, midwives and allied health professionals are members of an important emergent profession delivering clinical research and, in the United Kingdom, have been the focus of considerable investment...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:74 -
Systematic review and policy dialogue to determine challenges in evidence-informed health policy-making: findings of the SASHA study
Various interventions have been undertaken in Iran to promote evidence-informed health policy-making (EIHP). Identifying the challenges in EIHP is the first step toward strengthening EIHP in each country throu...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:73 -
Agenda setting for essential medicines policy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective policy analysis using Kingdon’s multiple streams model
Lack of access to essential medicines presents a significant threat to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in sub-Saharan Africa. Although it is acknowledged that essential medicines policies do not rise...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:72 -
Barriers and facilitators to conducting economic evaluation studies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: a survey of researchers
The number of published economic evaluations of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is notably scarce. Limited local evidence could have a major impact on the implementation of economic evaluation recomme...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:71 -
Research priority-setting for human, plant, and animal virology: an online experience for the Virology Institute of the Philippines
Viral pandemics have had catastrophic consequences on population health and economies. The Philippine government intends to establish the Virology Institute of the Philippines, one of the key areas of which wi...
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2021 19:70
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