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  1. Priority-setting decisions are based on an important, but not sufficient set of values and thus lead to disagreement on priorities. Accountability for Reasonableness (AFR) is an ethics-based approach to a legi...

    Authors: Jens Byskov, Bruno Marchal, Stephen Maluka, Joseph M Zulu, Salome A Bukachi, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Astrid Blystad, Peter Kamuzora, Charles Michelo, Lillian N Nyandieka, Benedict Ndawi, Paul Bloch and Øystein E Olsen
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:49
  2. Systematic reviews can offer policymakers and stakeholders concise, transparent, and relevant evidence pertaining to pressing policy priorities to help inform the decision-making process. The production and th...

    Authors: Fadi El-Jardali, Elie A Akl, Lama Bou Karroum, Ola Kdouh, Chaza Akik, Racha Fadlallah and Rawan Hammoud
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:48
  3. Many full-time Ugandan government health providers take on additional jobs – a phenomenon called dual practice. We describe the complex patterns that characterize the evolution of dual practice in Uganda, and ...

    Authors: Ligia Paina, Sara Bennett, Freddie Ssengooba and David H Peters
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:41
  4. The use of sets of indicators to assess progress has become commonplace in the global health arena. Exploratory research has suggested that indicators used for global monitoring purposes can play a role in nat...

    Authors: Benjamin M Hunter, Jennifer H Requejo, Ian Pope, Bernadette Daelmans and Susan F Murray
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:40
  5. The importance of health policy and systems research (HPSR) and its role in aiding health system reforms has been increasingly recognized in recent years within the World Health Organization (WHO). An assessme...

    Authors: Jiayin Xue, Bhavini Murthy, Nhan T Tran and Abdul Ghaffar
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:39
  6. Of the three million newborns that die each year, Uganda ranks fifth highest in neonatal mortality rates, with 43,000 neonatal deaths each year. Despite child survival and safe motherhood programmes towards re...

    Authors: Agnes Semwanga Rwashana, Sarah Nakubulwa, Margaret Nakakeeto-Kijjambu and Taghreed Adam
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:36
  7. Assuring equitable universal access to essential health services without exposure to undue financial hardship requires adequate resource mobilization, efficient use of resources, and attention to quality and r...

    Authors: Irene A Agyepong, Geneieve C Aryeetey, Justice Nonvignon, Francis Asenso-Boadi, Helen Dzikunu, Edward Antwi, Daniel Ankrah, Charles Adjei-Acquah, Reuben Esena, Moses Aikins and Daniel K Arhinful
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:35
  8. Obesity is a serious worldwide medical condition, considered by some researchers as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. The main objective of this study was to assess the quantity ...

    Authors: Waleed M Sweileh, Sa’ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi and Ansam F Sawalha
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:33
  9. The Kingdon model, based on the convergence of three streams (problem, policy, and politics) and the opening of a policy window, analyses the process by which a health issue is placed on the political agenda. ...

    Authors: Bénédicte Vos, Raphaël Lagasse and Alain Levêque
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:32
  10. This study aims to rank policy concerns and policy-related research issues in order to identify policy and research gaps on access to medicines (ATM) in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America and th...

    Authors: Thiago Botelho Azeredo, Vera Lucia Luiza, Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira, Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick and Maryam Bigdeli
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:31
  11. New forms of leadership are required to bring about the fundamental health system changes demanded by primary health care (PHC). Using theory about complex adaptive systems and policy implementation, this pape...

    Authors: Lucy Gilson, Soraya Elloker, Patti Olckers and Uta Lehmann
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:30
  12. Although there is widespread agreement that strong district manager decision-making improves health systems, understanding about how the design and implementation of capacity-strengthening interventions work i...

    Authors: Aku Kwamie, Han van Dijk and Irene Akua Agyepong
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:29
  13. In recent years, China has experienced tremendous growth in its pharmaceutical industry. Both the Chinese government and private investors are motivated to invest into pharmaceutical research and development (...

    Authors: Lan Qiu, Zi-Ya Chen, Deng-Yu Lu, Hao Hu and Yi-Tao Wang
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:27
  14. In the last few decades, health systems research (HSR) has garnered much attention with a rapid increase in the related literature. This study aims to review and evaluate the global progress in HSR and assess ...

    Authors: Qiang Yao, Kai Chen, Lan Yao, Peng-hui Lyu, Tian-an Yang, Fei Luo, Shan-quan Chen, Lu-yang He and Zhi-yong Liu
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:26
  15. Despite its importance in providing evidence for health-related policy and decision-making, an insufficient amount of health systems research (HSR) is conducted in low-income countries (LICs). Schools of publi...

    Authors: Daudi Simba, Aggrey Mukose and William Bazeyo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:23
  16. The role of health systems research (HSR) in informing and guiding national programs and policies has been increasingly recognized. Yet, many universities in sub-Saharan African countries have relatively limit...

    Authors: Mabel N Nangami, Lawrence Rugema, Bosena Tebeje and Aggrey Mukose
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:22
  17. Despite significant investments in health systems research (HSR) capacity development, there is a dearth of information regarding how to assess HSR capacity. An alliance of schools of public health (SPHs) in E...

    Authors: Nasreen Jessani, Daniela Lewy, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho and Sara Bennett
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:21
  18. Local health systems research (HSR) provides policymakers and practitioners with contextual, evidence-based solutions to health problems. However, producers and users of HSR rarely understand the complexities ...

    Authors: Richard Ayah, Nasreen Jessani and Eric M Mafuta
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:20
  19. Family violence is a significant and complex public health problem that demands collaboration between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for systemic, sustainable solutions. An integrated knowledge t...

    Authors: Anita Kothari, Shannon L Sibbald and C Nadine Wathen
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:25
  20. Identifying unsafe abortion among the major causes of maternal deaths and respecting the rights to health of women, in 2002, the Nepali parliament liberalized abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy on request. H...

    Authors: Mahesh Puri, Shophika Regmi, Anand Tamang and Prabhakar Shrestha
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:24
  21. Decisions to scale up population health interventions from small projects to wider state or national implementation is fundamental to maximising population-wide health improvements. The objectives of this stud...

    Authors: Andrew J Milat, Lesley King, Robyn Newson, Luke Wolfenden, Chris Rissel, Adrian Bauman and Sally Redman
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:18
  22. The monitoring and evaluation of health research capacity strengthening (health RCS) commonly involves documenting activities and outputs using indicators or metrics. We sought to catalogue the types of indica...

    Authors: Donald C Cole, Alan Boyd, Garry Aslanyan and Imelda Bates
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:17
  23. Rapid urban population growth is of global concern as it is accompanied with several new health challenges. The urban poor who reside in informal settlements are more vulnerable to these health challenges. Lac...

    Authors: Philip Baba Adongo, James F Phillips, Moses Aikins, Doris Afua Arhin, Margaret Schmitt, Adanna U Nwameme, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong and Fred N Binka
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:16
  24. Meetings and conferences are often used as a tool to disseminate information, network with colleagues, and/or set direction for a field of study, but there is little evidence to support whether such events ach...

    Authors: Justin Neves, John N Lavis, Ulysses Panisset and Markus Hultstrand Klint
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:14
  25. National Research for Health Systems (NRfHS) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have shown growth and consolidation in the last few years. A structured, organized system will facilitate the development a...

    Authors: Francisco Becerra-Posada, Miryam Minayo, Cristiane Quental and Sylvia de Haan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:13
  26. One of the most common reasons for rejecting research proposals in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme is the failure to adequately specify...

    Authors: Hannah Dorling, Donna White, Sheila Turner, Kevin Campbell and Tara Lamont
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:12
  27. Despite increasing investment in health research capacity strengthening efforts in low and middle income countries, published evidence to guide the systematic design and monitoring of such interventions is ver...

    Authors: Imelda Bates, Alan Boyd, Helen Smith and Donald C Cole
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:11
  28. There is no standard way of describing the complexities of allied health (AH) care, or its quality. AH is an umbrella term which excludes medicine and nursing, and variably includes disciplines which provide t...

    Authors: Karen Grimmer, Lucylynn Lizarondo, Saravana Kumar, Erica Bell, Michael Buist and Philip Weinstein
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:10
  29. Over the past decade, substantial global investment has been made to support health systems and policy research (HSPR), with considerable resources allocated to training. In Canada, signs point to a larger and...

    Authors: Agnes Grudniewicz, Lindsay Hedden, Seija Kromm, Ruth Lavergne, Matthew Menear and Saskia Sivananthan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:9
  30. It often remains unclear to investigators how their research contributes to the work of the commissioner. We initiated the ‘Risk Model’ case study to gain insight into how a Dutch National Institute for Public...

    Authors: Ingrid Hegger, Susan WJ Janssen, Jolanda FEM Keijsers, Albertine J Schuit and Hans AM van Oers
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:8
  31. Ensuring that data collected through national health information systems are of sufficient quality for meaningful interpretation is a challenge in many resource-limited countries. An assessment was conducted t...

    Authors: Jenny H Ledikwe, Jessica Grignon, Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Steven Ludick, Ellah Matshediso, Baraedi W Sento, Anjali Sharma and Bazghina-werq Semo
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:7
  32. Networks are increasingly regarded as essential in health research aimed at influencing practice and policies. Less research has focused on the role networking can play in researchers’ careers and its broader ...

    Authors: Lindsey M Lenters, Donald C Cole and Paula Godoy-Ruiz
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:5
  33. Bibliometric studies are increasingly being used for research assessment by involving the application of statistical methods to scientific publications to obtain the bibliographics for each country. The main o...

    Authors: Sa’ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi, Waleed M Sweileh and Rahmat Awang
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:4
  34. The key to universal coverage in tuberculosis (TB) management lies in community participation and empowerment of the population. Social infrastructure development generates social capital and addresses the cru...

    Authors: Shivani Chandra, Nandini Sharma, Kulanand Joshi, Nishi Aggarwal and Anjur Tupil Kannan
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:3
  35. Knowledge translation platforms (KTPs), which are partnerships between policymakers, stakeholders, and researchers, are being established in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to enhance evidence-informe...

    Authors: Fadi El-Jardali, John Lavis, Kaelan Moat, Tomas Pantoja and Nour Ataya
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:2
  36. In 2006, the first edition of a monitoring tool for the performance of the Dutch health care system was released: the Dutch Health Care Performance Report (DHCPR). The Netherlands was among the first countries...

    Authors: Michael J van den Berg, Dionne S Kringos, Lisanne K Marks and Niek S Klazinga
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 12:1
  37. The World Health Report 2013 provides a major boost to the health research community and, in particular, to those who believe that health research will make its greatest impact on improving health when it is o...

    Authors: Stephen R Hanney and Miguel A González-Block
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:47
  38. Health research capacity strengthening (RCS) projects are often complex and hard to evaluate. In order to inform health RCS evaluation efforts, we aimed to describe and compare key characteristics of existing ...

    Authors: Alan Boyd, Donald C Cole, Dan-Bi Cho, Garry Aslanyan and Imelda Bates
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:46
  39. The present study focuses on the program “Medical Insurance for the Poor (MIP)” in Georgia. Under this program, the government purchased coverage from private insurance companies for vulnerable households iden...

    Authors: Akaki Zoidze, Natia Rukhazde, Ketevan Chkhatarashvili and George Gotsadze
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:45
  40. Undertaking HIV research in the culturally diverse Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) requires careful consideration of social, cultural and religious beliefs and practices. Here, we share a detailed des...

    Authors: Rachael Tommbe, David J MacLaren, Michelle L Redman-MacLaren, Tracie A Mafile’o, Lester Asugeni and William John H McBride
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:44
  41. The aim of this study was to assess the status of knowledge translation (KT) in Iranian medical science universities in order to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the most important organizations responsi...

    Authors: Jaleh Gholami, Sharareh Ahghari, Abbas Motevalian, Vahid Yousefinejad, Ghobad Moradi, Abbasali Keshtkar, Ali Alami, Saeideh Mazloomzadeh, Mohammad Masoud Vakili, Reza Chaman, Bahman Salehi, Omid Fazelzadeh and Reza Majdzadeh
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:43
  42. Building research capacity in Indigenous health has been recognised as integral in efforts to reduce the significant health disparities between Indigenous and other Australian populations. The past few decades...

    Authors: Alice R Rumbold, Joan Cunningham, Brydie Purbrick and Jenny M Lewis
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:42
  43. Sichuan is a province in China with an extensive history of earthquakes. Recent earthquakes, including the Lushan earthquake in 2013, have resulted in thousands of people losing their homes and their families....

    Authors: Ying Liang and Xiukun Wang
    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:41