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Evaluation of marketing authorization and labels of medicines in 2021 WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children in China, the Russian Federation and Brazil Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Caiyun Li, Luyan Cheng, Xuefang Zhang, Lingli Zhang, Jianzhou Yan
This work compares the marketing authorization, labels and dosage forms of medicines in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) in China, the Russian Federation and Brazil to urge policymakers to pay more attention to paediatric medication. Medicines were selected from the 8th EMLc. By searching relevant databases, which include different types of medical information in China
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Framework for policymaking on self-management of health by older adults using technologies Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré, Craig Kuziemsky, Bruno J. Battistini, Jeffrey W. Jutai
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support care management exponentially increased. Governments around the world adapted existing programs to meet the needs of patients. The reactivity of governments, however, led to changes that were inequitable, undermining groups such as older adults living with chronic diseases
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Analysis of health service utilization and influencing factors due to COVID-19 in Beijing: a large cross-sectional survey Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Jiawei Zhang, Zhihu Xu, Xia Wei, Yaqun Fu, Zheng Zhu, Quan Wang, Qingbo Wang, Qing Liu, Jing Guo, Yuantao Hao, Li Yang
In the wake of China’s relaxed zero-COVID policy, there was a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. This study aimed to examine the infection status and health service utilization among Beijing residents during a widespread outbreak, and to explore the factors that affected utilization of health services due to COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Beijing residents
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Development of an action programme tackling obesity-related behaviours in adolescents: a participatory system dynamics approach Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Angie Luna Pinzon, Wilma Waterlander, Naomi de Pooter, Teatske Altenburg, Coosje Dijkstra, Helga Emke, Emma van den Eynde, Meredith L. Overman, Vincent Busch, Carry M. Renders, Jutka Halberstadt, Wilma Nusselder, Karen den Hertog, Mai Chinapaw, Arnoud Verhoeff, Karien Stronks
System dynamics approaches are increasingly addressing the complexity of public health problems such as childhood overweight and obesity. These approaches often use system mapping methods, such as the construction of causal loop diagrams, to gain an understanding of the system of interest. However, there is limited practical guidance on how such a system understanding can inform the development of
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The role of provincial health administration in supporting district health management teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo: eliciting an initial programme theory of a realist evaluation Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Samuel Bosongo, Zakaria Belrhiti, Faustin Chenge, Bart Criel, Yves Coppieters, Bruno Marchal
In 2006, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed a strategy to strengthen the health system by developing health districts. This strategy included a reform of the provincial health administration to provide effective technical support to district health management teams in terms of leadership and management. The provincial health teams were set up in 2014, but few studies
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The co-production process of an assessment programme: Between clarifying identity and developing the quality of French-speaking Belgian community health centres Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Madeleine Capiau, Jean Macq, Sophie Thunus
The assessment of primary care organizations is considered to be essential for improving care. However, the assessments’ acceptability to professionals poses a challenge. Developing assessment programmes in collaboration with the end-users is a strategy that is widely encouraged to make interventions better targeted. By doing so, it can help to prevent resistance and encourage adherence to the assessment
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Policy implementation and outcome evaluation: establishing a framework and expanding capacity for advocacy organizations to assess the impact of their work in public policy Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Laurie P. Whitsel, Sally Honeycutt, Reyna Radcliffe, Janay Johnson, Paul J. Chase, Philip Noyes
Advocacy organizations can play a crucial role in evaluating whether legislation or regulation has had its intended effect by supporting robust public policy implementation and outcome evaluation. The American Heart Association, working with expert advisors, has developed a framework for effective evaluation that can be used by advocacy organizations, in partnership with researchers, public health
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Strategies for engaging older adults and informal caregivers in health policy development: A scoping review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Opeyemi Rashidat Kolade, Joshua Porat-Dahlerbruch, Rustem Makhmutov, Theo van Achterberg, Moriah Esther Ellen
Care for older adults is high on the global policy agenda. Active involvement of older adults and their informal caregivers in policy-making can lead to cost–effective health and long-term care interventions. Yet, approaches for their involvement in health policy development have yet to be extensively explored. This review maps the literature on strategies for older adults (65+ years) and informal
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Policy implementation deviation of government purchase of old age care services in Jiangsu, China: based on empirical and policy analysis Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Hongli Chen, Yue Zhao, Hongxin Huang, Ying Xing, Yueheng Yin, Enfang Shan, Daoxiang Cheng, Yanjian Sun, Xianwen Li
Government purchase of social forces to participate in old age care services can release the burden of social care. Current research on performance evaluation in this field mainly focussed on the establishment of appropriate evaluation indices. However, discussion on the policy implementation deviation is scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of China’s local government purchase of old
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Future directions for patient engagement in research: a participatory workshop with Canadian patient partners and academic researchers Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Anna Maria Chudyk, Roger Stoddard, Todd A. Duhamel, Annette S. H. Schultz
Patient engagement in research (also commonly referred to as patient or patient and public involvement in research) strives to transform health research wherein patients (including caregivers and the public) are regularly and actively engaged as multidisciplinary research team members (i.e. patient partners) working jointly towards improved health outcomes and an enhanced healthcare system. To support
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Sustainable political commitment is necessary for institutionalizing community participation in health policy-making: Insights from Iran Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Maryam Rahbari Bonab, Fatemh Rajabi, Abouali Vedadhir, Reza Majdzadeh
Community participation is currently utilized as a national strategy to promote public health and mitigate health inequalities across the world. While community participation is acknowledged as a civic right in the Constitution of Iran and other related upstream documents, the government has typically failed in translating, integrating and implementing community participation in health system policy
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Production and use of rapid responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec (Canada): perspectives from evidence synthesis producers and decision makers Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Esther McSween-Cadieux, Julie Lane, Quan Nha Hong, Andrée-Anne Houle, François Lauzier-Jobin, Eliane Saint-Pierre Mousset, Ollivier Prigent, Saliha Ziam, Thomas Poder, Alain Lesage, Pierre Dagenais
The COVID-19 pandemic has required evidence to be made available more rapidly than usual, in order to meet the needs of decision makers in a timely manner. These exceptional circumstances have caused significant challenges for organizations and teams responsible for evidence synthesis. They had to adapt to provide rapid responses to support decision-making. This study aimed to document (1) the challenges
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Drivers of cervical cancer prevention and management in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative synthesis of mixed studies Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Desta Debalkie Atnafu, Resham Khatri, Yibeltal Assefa
Cervical cancer is a public health concern in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Cervical cancer screening is one of the strategies for detecting early precancerous lesions. However, many women have poor access to and utilization of screening services in the region. This review aimed to synthesize evidence on the challenges and opportunities of screening, early detection and management of cervical cancer
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Understanding the influence of stakeholders on the implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labelling in the absence of public debate: the case of Portugal Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Morgane Fialon, Lydiane Nabec, Chantal Julia
In the context of the European Commission’s proposal for the harmonization of front-of-pack nutrition labels (FoPLs) across the European Union scheduled for 2023, Portugal’s position on the preferred format to be adopted remains unclear. Our study aims to (1) describe the context of the political decision regarding FoPL’s implementation in Portugal, (2) identify and characterize the actors involved
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Where are the links? Using a causal loop diagram to assess interactions in healthcare coordination for youth experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Alzahra Hudani, Janet Long, Ronald Labonté, Sanni Yaya
Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) suffer from poorer physical and mental health outcomes than stably housed youth. Additionally, YEH are forced to navigate fragmented health and social service systems on their own, where they often get lost between systems when transitioning or post-discharge. Inevitably, YEH require support with health system navigation and healthcare coordination. The aim of
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Correction: The response of the Military Health System (MHS) to the COVID-19 pandemic: a summary of findings from MHS reviews Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Alysa Pomer, Satish Munigala, Christian L. Coles, Jessica Pope Mitro, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Joel S. Weissman, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos
Correction: Health Research Policy and Systems (2024) 22:5 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01093-4 Following publication of the original article [1], it was reported that Tracey Perez Koehlmoos was erroneously listed as being affiliated with affiliation 2 in addition to affiliation 3. The correct affiliations are given in this Correction and the original article has been updated. Pomer A, Munigala
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The use of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks in implementation research for medicinal products: A scoping review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Meredith Y. Smith, Bridget Gaglio, Milena Anatchkova
The uptake, adoption and integration of new medicines and treatment regimens within healthcare delivery can take a decade or more. Increasingly, implementation science (IS) research is being used to bridge this gap between the availability of new therapeutic evidence and its actual application in clinical practice. Little is known, however, about the quality of IS research in this area, including the
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Investigating the citing communities around three leading health-system frameworks Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 George Weisz, Jonathan Harper
Of numerous proposed frameworks for analyzing and impacting health systems, three stand out for the large number of publications that cite them and for their links to influential international institutions: Murray and Frenk (Bull World Health Organ 78:717–31, 2000) connected initially to the World Health Organization (WHO) and then to the Global Burden of Disease Project; Roberts et al. (Getting health
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Bridging the gap between pregnancy loss research and policy and practice: insights from a qualitative survey with knowledge users Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Marita Hennessy, Keelin O’Donoghue
The loss of a pregnancy or the death of baby around the time of their birth can have profound impacts on parents, families and staff involved. There is much opportunity to enhance the systematic uptake of evidence-based interventions to enhance service provision, lived experiences and outcomes. Challenges exist to translating pregnancy loss research evidence into policy and practice, however. Pregnancy
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Multi-sectoral collaborations in selected countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region: assessment, enablers and missed opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic response Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Fadi El-Jardali, Racha Fadlallah, Najla Daher
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has emphasized the importance of multi-sectoral collaboration to respond effectively to public health emergencies. This study aims to generate evidence on the extent to which multi-sectoral collaborations have been employed in the macro-level responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in nine selected countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR). The
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A novel methodological approach to participant engagement and policy relevance for community-based primary medical care research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Katelyn Barnes, Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Kathleen O’Brien, Kirsty Douglas, Kyle Eggleton, Nam Bui, Sabrina T. Wong, Rebecca S. Etz, Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Community-based primary care, such as general practice (GP) or urgent care, serves as the primary point of access to healthcare for most Australians and New Zealanders. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created significant and ongoing disruptions to primary care. Traditional research methods have contributed to gaps in understanding the experiences of primary care workers during the pandemic
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To leave no one behind: Assessing utilization of maternal newborn and child health services by all the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of Odisha, India Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Jyoti Ghosal, Madhusmita Bal, Arundhuti Das, Bhuputra Panda, Manoranjan Ranjit, Manas Ranjan Behera, Sonali Kar, Sudhir Kumar Satpathy, Ambarish Dutta, Sanghamitra Pati
Indigenous tribal people experience lower coverage of maternal, newborn and child healthcare (MNCH) services worldwide, including in India. Meanwhile, Indian tribal people comprise a special sub-population who are even more isolated, marginalized and underserved, designated as particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). However, there is an extreme paucity of evidence on how this most vulnerable
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Exploring the landscape of health technology assessment in Iran: perspectives from stakeholders on needs, demand and supply Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Aidin Aryankhesal, Meysam Behzadifar, Ahad Bakhtiari, Saeed Shahabi, Samad Azari, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Aziz Rezapour, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Masoud Behzadifar
The evaluation of health technologies plays a crucial role in the allocation of resources and the promotion of equitable healthcare access, known as health technology assessment (HTA). This study focuses on Iran’s efforts to integrate HTA and aims to gain insights into stakeholder perspectives regarding capacity needs, demand and implementation. In this study, we employed the HTA introduction status
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Unsung heroes in Ghana’s healthcare system: the case of community health volunteers and community health management committee Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Samuel Egyakwa Ankomah, Adam Fusheini, Sarah Derrett
In Ghana, the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) policy highlights the significance of both community health management committees (CHMCs) and community health volunteers (CHVs) in the Ghanaian health system. However, research into their specific effects on health system improvement is scarce. Some research has focussed on the roles of the CHMCs/CHVs in implementing specific targeted
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How to improve the system of care for adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems from the perspective of care providers: a concept mapping approach Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Lucia Bosakova, Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska, Daniela Filakovska Bobakova
Emotional and behavioural problems (EBP) are the most common mental health issues during adolescence, and their incidence has increased in recent years. The system of care for adolescents with EBP is known to have several problems, making the provision of care less than optimal, and attention needs to be given to potential improvements. We, therefore, aimed to examine what needs to be done to improve
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A scoping review of theories, models and frameworks used or proposed to evaluate knowledge mobilization strategies Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Saliha Ziam, Sèverine Lanoue, Esther McSween-Cadieux, Mathieu-Joël Gervais, Julie Lane, Dina Gaid, Laura Justine Chouinard, Christian Dagenais, Valéry Ridde, Emmanuelle Jean, France Charles Fleury, Quan Nha Hong, Ollivier Prigent
Evaluating knowledge mobilization strategies (KMb) presents challenges for organizations seeking to understand their impact to improve KMb effectiveness. Moreover, the large number of theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs) available can be confusing for users. Therefore, the purpose of this scoping review was to identify and describe the characteristics of TMFs that have been used or proposed in the
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Participatory policy analysis in health policy and systems research: reflections from a study in Nepal Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Sujata Sapkota, Simon Rushton, Edwin van Teijlingen, Madhusudan Subedi, Julie Balen, Sujan Gautam, Pratik Adhikary, Padam Simkhada, Sharada P. Wasti, Jiban K. Karki, Sarita Panday, Alisha Karki, Barsha Rijal, Saugat Joshi, Srijana Basnet, Sujan B. Marahatta
Participatory policy analysis (PPA) as a method in health policy and system research remains underexplored. Using our experiences of conducting PPA workshops in Nepal to explore the impact of the country’s move to federalism on its health system, we reflect on the method’s strengths and challenges. We provide an account of the study context, the design and implementation of the workshops, and our reflections
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Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Niamh Smith, Michail Georgiou, Mohammad S. Jalali, Sebastien Chastin
Increasingly, public health faces challenges requiring complex, multifaceted and multi-sectoral responses. This calls for systems-based approaches that facilitate the kind of collective and collaborative thinking and working required to address complexity. While the literature on systems thinking, system dynamics and the associated methodologies is extensive, there remains little clear guidance on
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The response of the Military Health System (MHS) to the COVID-19 pandemic: a summary of findings from MHS reviews Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Alysa Pomer, Satish Munigala, Christian L. Coles, Jessica Pope Mitro, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Joel S. Weissman, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused major disruptions to the US Military Health System (MHS). In this study, we evaluated the MHS response to the pandemic to understand the impact of the pandemic response in a large, national, integrated healthcare system providing care for ~ 9 million beneficiaries. We performed a narrative literature review of 16 internal Department of Defense
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Learning health systems and evidence ecosystems: a perspective on the future of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based guideline development Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 D. Rajit, A. Johnson, E. Callander, H. Teede, J. Enticott
Despite forming the cornerstone of modern clinical practice for decades, implementation of evidence-based medicine at scale remains a crucial challenge for health systems. As a result, there has been a growing need for conceptual models to better contextualise and pragmatize the use of evidence-based medicine, particularly in tandem with patient-centred care. In this commentary, we highlight the emergence
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Producing knowledge together: a participatory approach to synthesising research across a large-scale collaboration in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Kathleen P. Conte, Alison Laycock, Jodie Bailie, Emma Walke, Leigh-ann Onnis, Lynette Feeney, Erika Langham, Frances Cunningham, Veronica Matthews, Ross Bailie
Despite that stakeholder participation in evidence synthesis could result in more useful outcomes, there are few examples of processes that actively involve them in synthesis work. Techniques are needed that engage diverse stakeholders as equal partners in knowledge co-production. The aims of this paper are to describe an innovative participatory process of synthesising a large body of academic research
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Assessing unConventional Evidence (ACE) tool: development and content of a tool to assess the strengths and limitations of ‘unconventional’ source materials Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Simon Lewin, Etienne V. Langlois, Özge Tunçalp, Anayda Portela
When deciding whether to implement an intervention, decision-makers typically have questions on feasibility and acceptability and on factors affecting implementation. Descriptions of programme implementation and of policies and systems are rich sources of information for these questions. However, this information is often not based on empirical data collected using explicit methods. To use the information
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"Research ends with publication": a qualitative study on the use of health policy and systems research in Ethiopia Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Sudhakar Morankar, Gelila Abraham, Zubin Shroff, Zewdie Birhanu
Decision-making about the design and implementation of health care policies should be supported by research evidence. This article reports on a qualitative study on the experiences of both research institutes and policymakers in Ethiopia in generating and using research evidence to inform health policy decision-making. Semi-structured interviews were conducted from January through March 2020, with
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A scoping review of the globally available tools for assessing health research partnership outcomes and impacts Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Kelly J. Mrklas, Jamie M. Boyd, Sumair Shergill, Sera Merali, Masood Khan, Cheryl Moser, Lorelli Nowell, Amelia Goertzen, Liam Swain, Lisa M. Pfadenhauer, Kathryn M. Sibley, Mathew Vis-Dunbar, Michael D. Hill, Shelley Raffin-Bouchal, Marcello Tonelli, Ian D. Graham
Health research partnership approaches have grown in popularity over the past decade, but the systematic evaluation of their outcomes and impacts has not kept equal pace. Identifying partnership assessment tools and key partnership characteristics is needed to advance partnerships, partnership measurement, and the assessment of their outcomes and impacts through systematic study. To locate and identify
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Assessing the impact of an evidence- and consensus-based guideline for controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in German schools on decision-making processes: a multi-component qualitative analysis Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Katharina Wabnitz, Mike Rueb, Eva A. Rehfuess, Brigitte Strahwald, Lisa M. Pfadenhauer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, decision-making on measures to reduce or prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools was rendered difficult by a rapidly evolving and uncertain evidence base regarding their effectiveness and unintended consequences. To support decision-makers, an interdisciplinary panel of scientific experts, public health and school authorities as well as those directly affected by
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Opportunities to improve the adoption of health-related quality of life evidence as part of the French Health Technology Assessment process Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Hugo Larose, Myrto Lee, Jens Grueger, Amélie Anota, Nicolas Naïditch, Bruno Falissard, Mario Di Palma, Olivier Chassany, Laura Khalfallah-Neelz, Sarah Palazuelos-Muñoz, Aymeric Tetafort
Patient’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure that is considered by many payers and health technology assessment (HTA) bodies in the evaluation of treatments. We aimed to identify opportunities for HRQoL to be further incorporated into the assessment of the French HTA by comparing three health systems. We put forward recommendations that could bring further innovations
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Prioritising and incentivising productivity within indicator-based approaches to Research Impact Assessment: a commentary Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Simon Deeming, Alexis Hure, John Attia, Michael Nilsson, Andrew Searles
Research Impact Assessment (RIA) represents one of a suite of policies intended to improve the impact generated from investment in health and medical research (HMR). Positivist indicator-based approaches to RIA are widely implemented but increasingly criticised as theoretically problematic, unfair, and burdensome. This commentary proposes there are useful outcomes that emerge from the process of applying
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Living evidence and adaptive policy: perfect partners? Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Tari Turner, John N. Lavis, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Sally Green, Julian Elliott
While there has been widespread global acceptance of the importance of evidence-informed policy, many opportunities to inform health policy with research are missed, often because of a mismatch between when and where reliable evidence is needed, and when and where it is available. ‘Living evidence’ is an approach where systematic evidence syntheses (e.g. living reviews, living guidelines, living policy
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Using collective intelligence methods to improve government data infrastructures and promote the use of complex data: The example of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Estelle Lowry, Michael J. Hogan, John Moriarty, Owen M. Harney, Erna Ruijer, Monika Pilch, Jenny M. Groarke, Michelle Hanlon, Ian Shuttleworth
This paper discusses how collective intelligence (CI) methods can be implemented to improve government data infrastructures, not only to support understanding and primary use of complex national data but also to increase the dissemination and secondary impact of research based on these data. The case study uses the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS), a member of the UK family of census/administrative
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Optimising a co-production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school-based Research Action Groups Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Hayley Reed, Simon Murphy, Rhiannon Evans
Existing frameworks for developing public health interventions have limited guidance for researchers on how to work with stakeholders to co-produce context-specific interventions. To address this, a promising framework for the co-production of public health interventions was developed through a previous review of school-based co-production. The present study aimed to optimise this co-production framework
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Research gaps identified in Iran’s health technology assessment reports Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Farideh Mohtasham, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Mohammadreza Mobinizadeh
Identifying gaps in the evidence is a useful byproduct of conducting a health technology assessment (HTA). This study aims to identify research gaps in Iran’s HTA reports. We reviewed the HTA reports published between 2014 and 2016. Then, we developed two separate questionnaires for principal investigators (PIs) and independent HTA researchers. The questionnaire for independent HTA researchers consisted
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Challenges for research uptake for health policymaking and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Agumasie Semahegn, Tsegahun Manyazewal, Charlotte Hanlon, Eyerusalem Getachew, Bethelhem Fekadu, Esubalew Assefa, Munir Kassa, Michael Hopkins, Tassew Woldehanna, Gail Davey, Abebaw Fekadu
An estimated 85% of research resources are wasted worldwide, while there is growing demand for context-based evidence-informed health policymaking. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), research uptake for health policymaking and practice is even lower, while little is known about the barriers to the translation of health evidence to policy and local implementation. We aimed to compile the current
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Progress and challenges in implementing non-communicable disease policies in Sudan Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Elhadi
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) pose a substantial global public health challenge, representing the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study investigates the progress and challenges in implementing NCD policies in Sudan. Document analysis following the ready your materials, extract data, analyse data and distil your findings (READ) approach, was utilized to review published literature
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Tools, frameworks and resources to guide global action on strengthening rural health systems: a mapping review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Dewi Retno Pamungkas, Belinda O’Sullivan, Matthew McGrail, Bruce Chater
Inequities of health outcomes persist in rural populations globally. This is strongly associated with there being less health coverage in rural and underserviced areas. Increasing health care coverage in rural area requires rural health system strengthening, which subsequently necessitates having tools to guide action. This mapping review aimed to describe the range of tools, frameworks and resources
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Public satisfaction with health system after healthcare reform in China Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Lili Kang, Tianyi Zhang, Bensong Xian, Changle Li, M. Mahmud Khan
The Chinese central government launched the third phase of health system reforms in 2009. After a decade since the initiation of the reform, the health system has witnessed noteworthy gains. However, there is no concurrent improvement in public satisfaction with the health system. This study analysed various factors that influence public satisfaction with the system and examined whether perceived quality
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What makes knowledge translation work in practice? Lessons from a demand-driven and locally led project in Cameroon, Jordan and Nigeria Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Robert A. J. Borst, Rik Wehrens, Moustapha Nsangou, Dachi Arikpo, Ekpereonne Esu, Ali Al Metleq, Olivia Hobden, Martin Meremikwu, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Roland Bal, Maarten Olivier Kok
Over the years, the knowledge translation (KT) field has moved from promoting linearized models to embracing the importance of interaction and learning. Likewise, there is now increased attention on the transfer of KT approaches to new environments. Some scholars, however, have warned that ideas about transferability still hinge on linear thinking and doing. In the current study, we therefore sought
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Government, governance, and place-based approaches: lessons from and for public policy Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Bojana Klepac, Amy Mowle, Therese Riley, Melinda Craike
Place-based approaches are increasingly applied to address the determinants of health, many of which are complex problems, to ultimately improve population health outcomes. Through public policy, government actions can affect the effectiveness of place-based approaches by influencing the conceptualisation, development, implementation, governance, and/or evaluation of place-based approaches. Despite
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The development of an integrated neighborhood approach for health promotion and prevention: a qualitative exploration of stakeholders’ views Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Anniek Bosdijk, Anna Petra Nieboer, Jane Murray Cramm
Although the promise of integrated neighborhood approaches, including the essential roles of communities and collaboration between the medical and social domains, has been widely acknowledged, the realization of such approaches in practice often remains difficult. To gain insight into the development of integrated neighborhood approaches, this case study describes the experiences of stakeholders involved
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Research- vs. government-driven physical activity policy monitoring: a systematic review across different levels of government Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Sven Messing, Antonina Tcymbal, Karim Abu-Omar, Peter Gelius
Even though the importance of physical activity policy monitoring has increased in the last decade, there is a lack of understanding what different approaches exist and which methodology they employ. In order to address this research gap, this review attempts to map existing approaches of physical activity policy monitoring and to analyse methodological aspects, especially with regards to the roles
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Conceptualising the value of simulation modelling for public engagement with policy: a critical literature review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Victoria Loblay, Louise Freebairn, Jo-An Occhipinti
As we face complex and dynamically changing public health and environmental challenges, simulation modelling has come to occupy an increasingly central role in public engagements with policy. Shifts are occurring not only in terms of wider public understandings of modelling, but also in how the value of modelling is conceptualised within scientific modelling communities. We undertook a critical literature
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Adopting standardized cancer patient pathways as a policy at different organizational levels in the Swedish Health System Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Petter Fjällström, Anna-Britt Coe, Mikael Lilja, Senada Hajdarevic
Standardized cancer patient pathways as a new policy has been adopted in healthcare to improve the quality of cancer care. Within the health systems, actors at different levels manage the adoption of new policies to develop healthcare. The various actors on different levels play an important role and influence the policy adoption process. Thus, knowledge about how these actors use strategies when adopting
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Disseminating health research to public health policy-makers and practitioners: a survey of source, message content and delivery modality preferences Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Sam McCrabb, Alix Hall, Andrew Milat, Adrian Bauman, Rebecca Hodder, Kaitlin Mooney, Emily Webb, Courtney Barnes, Serene Yoong, Rachel Sutherland, Luke Wolfenden
Understanding the views of policy-makers and practitioners regarding how best to communicate research evidence is important to support research use in their decision-making. To quantify and describe public health policy-makers and practitioners’ views regarding the source, content and form of messages describing public health research findings to inform their decision-making. We also sought to examine
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Implementation strategies and outcome measures for advancing learning health systems: a mixed methods systematic review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Mari Somerville, Christine Cassidy, Janet A. Curran, Catie Johnson, Douglas Sinclair, Annette Elliott Rose
Learning health systems strive to continuously integrate data and evidence into practice to improve patient outcomes and ensure value-based healthcare. While the LHS concept is gaining traction, the operationalization of LHSs is underexplored. To identify and synthesize the existing evidence on the implementation and evaluation of advancing learning health systems across international health care settings
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Development of the National Policy for Quality in Healthcare for Malaysia Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Samsiah Awang, Bruce Agins, Izzatur Rahmi Mohd Ujang, Divya Nair Narayanan, Nur Wahida Zulkifli, Normaizira Hamidi
Quality in healthcare is a fundamental pillar of health systems performance, leading to improved health outcomes and reduced waste. The World Health Organization recommends that countries establish a national quality policy and strategy (NQPS) to steer the provision of safe and high-performing healthcare services and foster a quality culture. This paper describes the development process and key content
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Current status and influencing factors of policy identification in health impact assessment: a case study of Zhejiang Province Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Xiang Liu, Yingzi Liu, Yanyun Xu, Liyuan Song, Ziyue Huang, Xingyu Zhu, Meng Zhang
Health impact assessment (HIA) is a procedure, method and tool for evaluating the potential health impacts of policies, plans and construction projects, as well as the distribution of these impacts on population. Majority of international studies on health impact assessment have focussed on conceptual papers or case evaluations, neglecting participants’ views on policies. A semi-structured interview
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Overcoming the challenges facing Nepal’s health system during federalisation: an analysis of health system building blocks Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Sharada Prasad Wasti, Edwin van Teijlingen, Simon Rushton, Madhusudan Subedi, Padam Simkhada, Julie Balen
Nepal’s move to a federal system was a major constitutional and political change, with significant devolution of power and resources from the central government to seven newly created provinces and 753 local governments. Nepal’s health system is in the process of adapting to federalism, which is a challenging, yet potentially rewarding, task. This research is a part of broader study that aims to explore
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Connections between health research systems and decision-making spaces: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in the province of Québec, Canada Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Pernelle Smits, Caroline Cambourieu, Mathieu Ouimet
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic allowed for exceptional decision-making power to be placed in the hands of public health departments. Data and information were widely disseminated in the media and on websites. While the improvement of pandemic management is still a learning curve, the ecosystem perspective – that is, the interconnection of academic health research systems and decision-making
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Barriers and facilitators of implementing electronic monitors to improve adherence and health outcomes in tuberculosis patients: protocol for a systematic review based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Wenhui Li, Min Su, Weile Zhang, Xiaojing Fan, Renzhong Li, Yulong Gao, Xiaolin Wei
Tuberculosis (TB) has been regarded as ‘a relentless scourge’, increasing morbidity and mortality and burdening vulnerable populations. Poor adherence to TB treatment and ineffective traditional interventions hinders TB control. A novel TB approach called ‘electronic monitors’, equipping medication boxes with daily audio or visual reminders for electronically monitoring medication intake, seems promising
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Development, Evaluation, and impLemenTation for guideline adaptation: a quality improvement protocol for the DELTA study in global health practice Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Shu Wang, Yuan Zhang, Zhixuan Wen, Yueming Yang, Yuxuan Zhang, Yixiong Geng, Yali Liu, Jianguo Zhang
Guideline adaptation is an emerging field to provide more appropriate recommendations for local clinical practice quality and to promote global health equity. However, its utilization status, adaptation procedures, and related materials remain to be studied. This study developed a quality improvement protocol for a study as the Development, Evaluation, and impLemenTation for guideline Adaptation (DELTA)
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Knowledge management tools and mechanisms for evidence-informed decision-making in the WHO European Region: a scoping review Health Res. Policy Syst. (IF 4.139) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Fadi El-Jardali, Lama Bou-Karroum, Nadeen Hilal, Maya Hammoud, Nour Hemadi, Michelle Assal, Nour Kalach, Aya Harb, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Tyrone Reden Sy, David Novillo-Ortiz
Knowledge management (KM) emerged as a strategy to promote evidence-informed decision-making. This scoping review aims to map existing KM tools and mechanisms used to promote evidence-informed health decision-making in the WHO European Region and identify knowledge gaps. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidance for conducting scoping reviews, we searched Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane