Institutional roles, structures, funding and research partnerships towards evidence-informed policy-making: a multisector survey among policy-makers in Nigeria
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health 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 Tags: Research Source Type: research

Utilization obstacles to hypertension services provided at comprehensive health centers: a content analysis study
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Farzad Faraji-Khiavi, Sasan Ghorbani Kalkhajeh, Behnam Gholizadeh and Behnaz Dindamal Tags: Research Source Type: research

Meaningful coproduction with clinicians: establishing a practice-based research network with physiotherapists in regional Australia
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health 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 Tags: Research Source Type: research

Local government policy to facilitate healthy and sustainable diets and the broader policy hierarchy: insights from Milan Urban Food Policy Pact cities
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Liza R. Barbour, Julie L. Woods and Julie K. Brimblecombe Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

A framework for seroepidemiologic investigations in future pandemics: insights from an evaluation of WHO ’s Unity Studies initiative
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karen Hennessey, Lorenzo Pezzoli and Carsten Mantel Tags: Research Source Type: research

A mentored hands-on training model for scaling up implementation and intervention research in India: “connecting the dots”
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health 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 & hell Tags: Research Source Type: research

The case for citizen science in public health policy and practice: a mixed methods study of policymaker and practitioner perspectives and experiences
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Leah Marks, Ben J. Smith, Jo Mitchell, Yvonne Laird and Samantha Rowbotham Tags: Research Source Type: research

Exploring HIV/AIDS investigator perceptions of equity within research partnerships between low-and middle-income and high-income countries: a pilot survey
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chelsea E. Modlin, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Larry W. Chang, Nelson K. Sewankambo and Joseph Ali Tags: Research Source Type: research

Impact assessment of the Centre for Research Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Recovery
We present the results of applying the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translatio... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - May 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health 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 Tags: Research Source Type: research

A health-systems journey towards more people-centred care: lessons from neglected tropical disease programme integration in Liberia
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - April 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laura Dean, Rachel Tolhurst, Gartee Nallo, Karsor Kollie, Anthony Bettee and Sally Theobald Tags: Research Source Type: research

Online Health Communities: an alternative feasible data registry tool for developing countries
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - April 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Omnia Abdelraheem, Diana G. Sami and Mohamed Salama Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Improving prioritization processes for clinical practice guidelines: new methods and an evaluation from the National Heart Foundation of Australia
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - April 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Brooke Atkins, Tom Briffa, Cia Connell, Amanda K. Buttery and Garry L. R. Jennings Tags: Research Source Type: research

Child and adolescent mental health services in a devolved healthcare system: a qualitative exploration of sustainable practices
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - April 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emily Banwell, Neil Humphrey and Pamela Qualter Tags: Research Source Type: research

A framework for sustainable capacity-building for collaborative North –South translational health research and training in a resource-constrained setting
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... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charles C. Maponga, Alison T. Mhazo and Gene D. Morse Tags: Review Source Type: research

A comment-driven evidence appraisal approach to promoting research findings into practice when only uncertain evidence is available
This study aims to explore whether they can be used as a quick and reliab... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shuang Wang, Halil Kilicoglu and Jian Du Tags: Research Source Type: research