Quality of care in the context of universal health coverage: a scoping review
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, ... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bernice Yanful, Abirami Kirubarajan, Dominika Bhatia, Sujata Mishra, Sara Allin and Erica Di Ruggiero Tags: Review Source Type: research
How to improve the dissemination of clinical practice guidelines in the Brazilian Unified Health System? Report of a pilot project
In Brazil, there have been some initiatives to improve the development of Ministry of Health clinical protocols and therapeutic guidelines (PCDTs in Portuguese, and clinical practice guidelines —CPGs, in Englis... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Viviane C ássia Pereira, Sarah Nascimento Silva, Ávila Teixeira Vidal, Gustavo Veiga e Lins and Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto Tags: Research Source Type: research
Why and how has the United Kingdom become a high producer of health inequalities research over the past 50 years? A realist explanatory case study
Evidence on health inequalities has been growing over the past few decades, yet the capacity to produce research on health inequalities varies between countries worldwide and needs to be strengthened. More in-... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Eliana Martinez-Herrera and Joan Benach Tags: Research Source Type: research
How transdisciplinary research teams learn to do knowledge translation (KT), and how KT in turn impacts transdisciplinary research: a realist evaluation and longitudinal case study
Transdisciplinary research and knowledge translation are increasingly regarded as key concepts underpinning applied research across the health and social sciences, due to their presumed potential in addressing... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mandy M. Archibald, Michael T. Lawless, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza and Alison L. Kitson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Engaging early career researchers in a global health research capacity-strengthening programme: a qualitative study
Research capacity-strengthening is recognized as an important component of global health partnership working, and as such merits monitoring and evaluation. Early career researchers are often the recipients of ... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Claire Hawcroft, Evelina Rossi, Nerissa Tilouche, Ana Flavia d ’Oliveira and Loraine J. Bacchus Tags: Research Source Type: research
A scoping review of complex systems methods used in population physical activity research: do they align with attributes of a whole system approach?
Complex systems approaches are increasingly used in health promotion and noncommunicable disease prevention research, policy and practice. Questions emerge as to the best ways to take a complex systems approac... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - March 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lori Baugh Littlejohns, Erin Near, Geoff McKee, Drona Rasali, Daniel Naiman and Guy Faulkner Tags: Review Source Type: research
Perceptions, barriers and enablers of salt reduction in Malaysian out-of-home sectors (MySaltOH): from the point of view of policy-makers and food industries
High salt intake is a major cause of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. The out-of-home sectors have been identified as one of the contributors of high salt intake in the population. The National Salt R... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - February 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zaliha Harun, Suzana Shahar, Yee Xing You, Zahara Abdul Manaf, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Yook Chin Chia, Hasnah Haron, Viola Michael, Noor Shahida Sukiman, Aida Farzana Mohamad Taib, Feng J. He and Mhairi K. Brown Tags: Research Source Type: research
Competency profiles for evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM): a rapid review
Evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) requires a set of individual and organizational capacities, linked with background factors and needs. The identification of essential knowledge, skills and attitudes for ... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - February 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jorge Ot ávio Maia Barreto, Davi Mamblona Marques Romão, Cecilia Setti, Maria Lúcia Teixeira Machado, Rachel Riera, Romeu Gomes and Silvio Fernandes da Silva Tags: Review Source Type: research
Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium
COVID-19 has prompted the use of readily available administrative data to track health system performance in times of crisis and to monitor disruptions in essential healthcare services. In this commentary we d... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Borwornsom Leerapan, Patricia Akweongo, Freddie Amponsah, Amit Aryal, Daisuke Asai, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Wondimu Ayele, Sebastian Bauhoff, Svetlana V. Doubova, Dominic Dormenyo Gadeka, Mahesh Dulal, Anna Gage, Georgian Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Co-designing a theory-informed intervention to increase shared decision-making in maternity care
Shared decision-making (SDM) has been shown to improve healthcare outcomes and is a recognized right of patients. Policy requires health services to implement SDM. However, there is limited research into what ... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alex Waddell, Gerri Spassova, Louise Sampson, Lena Jungbluth, Jennifer Dam and Peter Bragge Tags: Research Source Type: research
An ethical analysis of policy dialogues
A policy dialogue is a tool which promotes evidence-informed policy-making. It involves deliberation about a high-priority issue, informed by a synthesis of the best-available evidence, where potential policy ... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Polly Mitchell, Marge Reinap, Kaelan Moat and Tanja Kuchenm üller Tags: Research Source Type: research
Standardising policy and technology responses in the immediate aftermath of a pandemic: a comparative and conceptual framework
The initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic has differed widely across countries. Such variability in government interventions has made it difficult for policymakers and health research systems to com... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naomi Moy, Marcello Antonini, Mattias Kyhlstedt, Gianluca Fiorentini and Francesco Paolucci Tags: Research Source Type: research
Limitations of COVID-19 testing and case data for evidence-informed health policy and practice
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became a pandemic within a matter of months. Analysing the first year of the pandemic, data and surveillance gaps have subsequently surfaced. Yet, policy decisions and publi... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elizabeth Alvarez, Iwona A. Bielska, Stephanie Hopkins, Ahmed A. Belal, Donna M. Goldstein, Jean Slick, Sureka Pavalagantharajah, Anna Wynfield, Shruthi Dakey, Marie-Carmel Gedeon, Edris Alam and Katrina Bouzanis Tags: Review Source Type: research
Towards conceptualizing patients as partners in health systems: a systematic review and descriptive synthesis
With the sharp increase in the involvement of patients (including family and informal caregivers) as active participants, collaborators, advisors and decision-makers in health systems, a new role has emerged: ... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Meredith Vanstone, Carolyn Canfield, Cara Evans, Myles Leslie, Mary Anne Levasseur, Maggie MacNeil, Manisha Pahwa, Janelle Panday, Paula Rowland, Shipra Taneja, Laura Tripp, Jeonghwa You and Julia Abelson Tags: Review Source Type: research
Integrating case management for patients with complex needs in the ground practice: the importance of context in evaluative designs
Responding to complex needs calls for integrating care across providers, settings and sectors. Among models to improve integrated care, case management demonstrates a good evidence base of facilitating the app... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - January 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Catherine Hudon and Rodger Kessler Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
