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  1. Policy analysis is often retrospective and not well suited to helping policy makers decide what to do; in contrast prospective policy analysis seeks to assist in formulating responses to challenging public pol...

    Authors: Melissa Pearson, Anthony B Zwi and Nicholas A Buckley

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:19

    Content type: Research

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  2. Assessing the consequences of research is an increasingly important task in research and innovation policy. This paper takes a broader view of those consequences than the conventional economic approach, placin...

    Authors: Susan E Cozzens

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:18

    Content type: Commentary

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  3. Tobacco control is an area where the translation of evidence into policy would seem to be straightforward, given the wealth of epidemiological, behavioural and other types of research available. Yet, even here...

    Authors: Laura Rosen, Elliot Rosenberg, Martin McKee, Shosh Gan-Noy, Diane Levin, Elana Mayshar, Galia Shacham, John Borowski, Gabi Bin Nun and Boaz Lev

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:17

    Content type: Research

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  4. The preparation of HTA reports requires a great deal of time, effort and resource, and there is a desire to improve efficiency, avoid duplication of effort and facilitate the transfer of knowledge between coun...

    Authors: Sheila Turner, Neil Adams, Andrew Cook, Alison Price and Ruairidh Milne

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:16

    Content type: Research

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  6. Through the nearly three decades that have passed since the Alma Ata conference on Primary Health Care, a wide range of global health initiatives and ideas have been advocated to improve the health of people l...

    Authors: Øystein E Olsen

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:14

    Content type: Research

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  7. Health research is increasing in Africa, but most resources are currently chanelled towards infectious diseases and health system development. While infectious diseases remain a heavy burden for some African c...

    Authors: Mark McCarthy, Dermot Maher, Adama Ly and Agbor Ndip

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:13

    Content type: Research

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  8. Little is known about how to implement promising small-scale projects to reduce reproductive ill health and HIV vulnerability in young people on a large scale. This evaluation documents and explains how a part...

    Authors: Jenny Renju, Maende Makokha, Charles Kato, Lemmy Medard, Bahati Andrew, Pieter Remes, John Changalucha and Angela Obasi

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:12

    Content type: Research

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  9. Health research systems consist of diverse groups who have some role in health research, but the boundaries around such a system are not clear-cut. To explore what various stakeholders need we reviewed the lit...

    Authors: Stephen Hanney, Shyama Kuruvilla, Bryony Soper and Nicholas Mays

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:11

    Content type: Review

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  10. There were 59,500 Children in out-of-home care in England in 2008. Research into this population points to poor health and quality of life outcomes over the transition to adult independence. This undesirable o...

    Authors: Jane Akister, Matt Owens and Ian M Goodyer

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:10

    Content type: Review

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  11. Uncontrolled proliferation of health technologies (HT) is one contributor to the increasing pressure on health systems to adopt new technologies. With limited resources, policy-makers encounter difficulties in...

    Authors: Mohammad Palesh, Carol Tishelman, Sten Fredrikson, Hamidreza Jamshidi, Göran Tomson and Azita Emami

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:9

    Content type: Research

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  12. In order to determine the type and amount of health systems research being conducted within ICDDR,B (also known as the Centre), a leading research institution in Bangladesh, an internal review of all on-going ...

    Authors: Tracey P Koehlmoos, Damian G Walker and Rukshana Gazi

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:8

    Content type: Research

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  13. Few methodological studies address the prioritization of clinical topics for the development of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs). The aim of this study was to validate a methodology for Priority Determinati...

    Authors: Ludovic Reveiz, Diana R Tellez, Juan S Castillo, Paola A Mosquera, Marcela Torres, Luis G Cuervo, Andres F Cardona and Rodrigo Pardo

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:7

    Content type: Research

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  15. Data on under five mortality in the twelve countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States show important fluctuations over time due to variations in quality of data, definitions of neonatal deaths and met...

    Authors: Adriano Cattaneo, Ilkhom Gafurov, Tamara Bomestar, Marianna Bacci, Sanjiv Kumar, Dragoslav Popovic and Giorgio Tamburlini

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:5

    Content type: Commentary

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  16. A questionnaire could assist researchers, policymakers, and healthcare providers to describe and monitor changes in efforts to bridge the gaps among research, policy and practice. No questionnaire focused on r...

    Authors: David Cameron, John N Lavis, G Emmanuel Guindon, Tasleem Akhtar, Francisco Becerra Posada, Godwin D Ndossi and Boungnong Boupha

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:4

    Content type: Research

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  17. The reliability and validity of instruments used to survey health-care providers' views about and experiences with research evidence have seldom been examined.

    Authors: G Emmanuel Guindon, John N Lavis, Boungnong Boupha, Guang Shi, Mintou Sidibe and Botagoz Turdaliyeva

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:3

    Content type: Research

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  18. There is ongoing discussion whether the mobile phone radiation causes any health effects. The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, the International Committee on Electromagnetic Safet...

    Authors: Dariusz Leszczynski and Zhengping Xu

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2010 8:2

    Content type: Commentary

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  20. Little is known about the process of knowledge translation in low- and middle-income countries. We studied policymaking processes in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe to understand the factors affecting th...

    Authors: Godfrey Woelk, Karen Daniels, Julie Cliff, Simon Lewin, Esperança Sevene, Benedita Fernandes, Alda Mariano, Sheillah Matinhure, Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis and Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:31

    Content type: Research

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  22. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Atle Fretheim, Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis and Simon Lewin

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S18

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  23. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis, Atle Fretheim and Simon Lewin

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S17

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  24. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis, Atle Fretheim and Simon Lewin

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S16

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  25. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin, John N Lavis and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S15

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  26. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Jennifer A Boyko, Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S14

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  27. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Govin Permanand, Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S13

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  28. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, Atle Fretheim, John N Lavis and Simon Lewin

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S12

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  29. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Simon Lewin, Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis, Atle Fretheim, Sebastian Garcia Marti and Susan Munabi-Babigumira

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S11

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  30. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S10

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  31. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Andrew D Oxman, Nathan M Souza, Simon Lewin, Russell L Gruen and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S9

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  32. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Simon Lewin, Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S8

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  33. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Andrew D Oxman, Jeremy Grimshaw, Marit Johansen, Jennifer A Boyko, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S7

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  34. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Atle Fretheim, Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis and Simon Lewin

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S6

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  35. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Michael G Wilson, Andrew D Oxman, Jeremy Grimshaw, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S5

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  36. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Michael G Wilson, Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S4

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  37. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: John N Lavis, Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S3

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  38. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, Per Olav Vandvik, John N Lavis, Atle Fretheim and Simon Lewin

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S2

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  39. This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.

    Authors: Andrew D Oxman, John N Lavis, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):S1

    Content type: Guide

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  40. This article is the Introduction to a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. ...

    Authors: John N Lavis, Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin and Atle Fretheim

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7(Suppl 1):I1

    Content type: Introduction

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 7 Supplement 1

  42. Despite the increasing mobilization of researchers and funding organizations around knowledge translation (KT) in Canada and elsewhere, many questions have been only partially answered, particularly in the fie...

    Authors: Christian Dagenais, Valéry Ridde, Marie-Claire Laurendeau and Karine Souffez

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:28

    Content type: Research

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  43. Health policy and systems research (HPSR) has been identified as critical to scaling-up interventions to achieve the millennium development goals, but research priority setting exercises often do not address H...

    Authors: Michael K Ranson and Sara C Bennett

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:27

    Content type: Review

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  44. Published practical examples of how to bridge gaps between research, policy and practice in health systems research in Sub Saharan Africa are scarce. The aim of our study was to use a case study approach to an...

    Authors: Sally Theobald, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Stephen Bertel Squire, Jo Crichton, Bertha Nhlema Simwaka, Rachael Thomson, Ireen Makwiza, Rachel Tolhurst, Tim Martineau and Imelda Bates

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:26

    Content type: Research

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  45. Priority setting is about making decisions. Key issues faced during priority setting processes include identifying who makes these decisions, who sets the criteria, and who benefits. The paper reviews the literat...

    Authors: Johanna M Monk, Kevin G Rowley and Ian PS Anderson

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:25

    Content type: Review

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  47. Despite multiple efforts to strengthen health systems in low and middle income countries, intended sustainable improvements in health outcomes have not been shown. To date most priority setting initiatives in ...

    Authors: Jens Byskov, Paul Bloch, Astrid Blystad, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Knut Fylkesnes, Peter Kamuzora, Yeri Kombe, Gunnar Kvåle, Bruno Marchal, Douglas K Martin, Charles Michelo, Benedict Ndawi, Thabale J Ngulube, Isaac Nyamongo, Øystein E Olsen, Washington Onyango-Ouma…

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:23

    Content type: Commentary

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  49. Several influenza pandemics have taken place throughout history and it was assumed that the pandemic would emerge from a new human virus resulting from the adaptation of an avian virus strain. Mexico, since 20...

    Authors: José A Córdova-Villalobos, Elsa Sarti, Jacqueline Arzoz-Padrés, Gabriel Manuell-Lee, Josefina Romero Méndez and Pablo Kuri-Morales

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:21

    Content type: Commentary

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  50. Increasing rates of HIV have been recorded amongst the Injection Drug User community from all parts of Pakistan. This has mobilized the health authorities into definitive action before there is a general sprea...

    Authors: Mohammad A Rai, Alefiyah Rajabali, Muhammad N Khan, Mohammad A Khan and Syed H Ali

    Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2009 7:20

    Content type: Commentary

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