Health Research Policy and Systems

Article	Citations
Exploring the theory, barriers and enablers for patient and public involvement across health, social care and patient safety: a systematic review of reviews	164
Strategies for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in public health: an overview of systematic reviews	76
Menstrual hygiene management in schools: midway progress update on the “MHM in Ten” 2014–2024 global agenda	69
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 11. CHWs leading the way to “Health for All”	54
Future health spending forecast in leading emerging BRICS markets in 2030: health policy implications	51
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 9. CHWs’ relationships with the health system and communities	48
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 6. Recruitment, training, and continuing education	47
The household financial burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	47
Co-production practice and future research priorities in United Kingdom-funded applied health research: a scoping review	45
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes	45
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 5. Roles and tasks	44
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 8. Incentives and remuneration	42
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 4. Programme financing	38
Applying systems thinking to knowledge mobilisation in public health	38
Health communication in and out of public health emergencies: to persuade or to inform?	37
Learning from public health and hospital resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: protocol for a multiple case study (Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, and Mali)	36
Can intersectionality help with understanding and tackling health inequalities? Perspectives of professional stakeholders	35
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era	34
A scoping review of international policy responses to mental health recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic	34
Intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to health policy: an umbrella review protocol	33
A 10-year longitudinal evaluation of science policy interventions to promote sex and gender in health research	32
Framing rehabilitation through health policy and systems research: priorities for strengthening rehabilitation	31
Adapting evidence-informed population health interventions for new contexts: a scoping review of current practice	30
The qualitative experience of telehealth access and clinical encounters in Australian healthcare during COVID-19: implications for policy	30
Financial risk protection from out-of-pocket health spending in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the literature	27

Health provider perspectives on the implementation of the same-day-ART initiation policy in the Gauteng province of South Africa	27
Using a co-design process to develop an integrated model of care for delivering self-management intervention to multi-morbid COPD people in rural Nepal	26
How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries	26
Demographic forecasting of population aging in Greece and Cyprus: one big challenge for the Mediterranean health and social system long-term sustainability	26
A systems approach to scale-up for population health improvement	25
Successes and challenges of health systems governance towards universal health coverage and global health security: a narrative review and synthesis of the literature	25
The state of health research governance in Africa: what do we know and how can we improve?	24
Limitations of COVID-19 testing and case data for evidence-informed health policy and practice	23
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 2. Planning, coordination, and partnerships	22
Where is critical analysis of power and positionality in knowledge translation?	22
A landscape analysis of health technology assessment capacity in the Association of South-East Asian Nations region	21
Should policy makers trust composite indices? A commentary on the pitfalls of inappropriate indices for policy formation	20
A framework for preferred practices in conducting culturally competent health research in a multicultural society	20
Tools for assessing the scalability of innovations in health: a systematic review	20
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 7. Recent advances in supervision	19
Health research system resilience: lesson learned from the COVID-19 crisis	19
Rethinking approaches of science, technology, and innovation in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: the challenge of translating knowledge infrastructures to public needs	19
Conducting decolonizing research and practice with Australian First Nations to close the health gap	19
Promoting knowledge to policy translation for urban health using community-based system dynamics in Brazil	19
Barriers to sustainable health research leadership in the Global South: Time for a Grand Bargain on localization of research leadership?	19
The added value of using the HEPA PAT for physical activity policy monitoring: a four-country comparison	18
A scoping review of systems approaches for increasing physical activity in populations	18
Developing a Thai national critical care allocation guideline during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review and stakeholder consultation	18
Fit for purpose. Co-production of complex behavioural interventions. A practical guide and exemplar of co-producing a telehealth-delivered exercise intervention for people with stroke	17
War on Diabetes in Singapore: a policy analysis	17
Domains and processes for institutionalizing evidence-informed health policy-making: a critical interpretive synthesis	17
Towards conceptualizing patients as partners in health systems: a systematic review and descriptive synthesis	17
Translating evidence into practice: a longitudinal qualitative exploration of allied health decision-making	16
Understanding the complexity of population health interventions: assessing intervention system theory (ISyT)	16
Using health data for decision-making at each level of the health system to achieve universal health coverage in Ethiopia: the case of an immunization programme in a low-resource setting	16
Use of research evidence varied in efforts to expand specific pharmacist autonomous prescriptive authority: an evaluation and recommendations to increase research utilization	15
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 10. Programme performance and its assessment	15
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 3. Programme governance	15
Unveiling and addressing implementation barriers to routine immunization in the peri-urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan: a mixed-methods study	15
Community-led HIV self-testing for men who have sex with men in Lebanon: lessons learned and impact of COVID-19	14
Increased use of knowledge translation strategies is associated with greater research impact on public health policy and practice: an analysis of trials of nutrition, physical activity, sexual health,	14
Integrated knowledge translation to advance noncommunicable disease policy and practice in South Africa: application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) framework	14
Direct from the COVID-19 crisis: research and innovation sparks in Brazil	14
Tools for assessing health research partnership outcomes and impacts: a systematic review	13
The role of community pharmacists in increasing access and use of self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: examples from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon a	13
Noncommunicable diseases and health system responses in Saudi Arabia: focus on policies and strategies. A qualitative study	13
Implementation research training for learners in low- and middle-income countries: evaluating behaviour change after participating in a massive open online course	13
The MULTI-ACT model: the path forward for participatory and anticipatory governance in health research and care	13
Prioritizing knowledge translation in low- and middle-income countries to support pandemic response and preparedness	13
Measuring health science research and development in Africa: mapping the available data	13
Understanding the policy dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana through the lens of a policy analytical framework	12
Prioritizing guideline recommendations for implementation: a systematic, consumer-inclusive process with a case study using the Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management	12
Evaluation of the National Health Insurance Program of Nepal: are political promises translated into actions?	12
Co-production in local government: process, codification and capacity building of new knowledge in collective reflection spaces. Workshops findings from a UK mixed methods study	12
A mixed-methods systematic review of suicide prevention interventions involving multisectoral collaborations	12

Contextual differences considered in the Tunisian ADOLOPMENT of the European guidelines on breast cancer screening	12
Describing implementation outcomes for a virtual community of practice: The ECHO Ontario Mental Health experience	11
The predictors of COVID-19 mortality among health systems parameters: an ecological study across 203 countries	11
Aiming for quality: a global compass for national learning systems	11
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	11
Health technology assessment-informed pricing negotiation in China: higher negotiated price for more effective targeted anticancer medicines?	11
Strengthening the national health information system through a capacity-building and mentorship partnership (CBMP) programme: a health system and university partnership initiative in Ethiopia	11
Challenges encountered in comparing international policy responses to COVID-19 and their effects	11
Using participatory action research to improve immunization utilization in areas with pockets of unimmunized children in Nigeria	11
Saving millions of lives but some resources squandered: emerging lessons from health research system pandemic achievements and challenges	11
“There hasn’t been a career structure to step into”: a qualitative study on perceptions of allied health clinician researcher careers	11
Trainee-led research using an integrated knowledge translation or other research partnership approaches: a scoping review	11
Assessing the impact of knowledge communication and dissemination strategies targeted at health policy-makers and managers: an overview of systematic reviews	10
Deconstructing design thinking as a tool for the implementation of a population health initiative	10
Improving the availability of prescription drugs in Lebanon: a critical analysis of alternative policy options	10
Barriers and enablers to source plasma donation by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men under revised eligibility criteria: protocol for a multiple stakeholder feasibility study	10
Social media, vaccine hesitancy and trust deficit in immunization programs: a qualitative enquiry in Malappuram District of Kerala, India	10
Health research capacity building of health workers in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a scoping review of challenges, strengths, and recommendations	10
Understanding the sustainment of population health programmes from a whole-of-system approach	9
Resilience of primary healthcare system across low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review	9
Operationalising health systems thinking: a pathway to high effective coverage	9
Pathways to improve health information systems in Ethiopia: current maturity status and implications	9
Fundamental challenges in assessing the impact of research infrastructure	9
Governing heatwaves in Europe: comparing health policy and practices to better understand roles, responsibilities and collaboration	9
Inclusive planning: African policy inventory and South African mobility case study on the exclusion of persons with disabilities	9
The pragmatic, rapid, and iterative dissemination and implementation (PRIDI) cycle: adapting to the dynamic nature of public health emergencies (and beyond)	9
COVID-19: protocol for observational studies utilizing near real-time electronic Australian general practice data to promote effective care and best-practice policy—a design thinking approach	9
Lessons from the pandemic on the value of research infrastructure	9
Integrating citizen engagement into evidence-informed health policy-making in eastern Europe and central Asia: scoping study and future research priorities	9
Pharmaceutical subsidy policy in Iran: a qualitative stakeholder analysis	9
Boundary spanning and identity work in the clinical research delivery workforce: a qualitative study of research nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in the National Health Service, United	9
Strategies to adapt and implement health system guidelines and recommendations: a scoping review	9
Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working	8
Strategies for communicating scientific evidence on healthcare to managers and the population: a scoping review	8
Exploring the evidence base for Communities of Practice in health research and translation: a scoping review	8
Healthcare providers’ perspectives on integrating NCDs into primary healthcare in Thailand: a mixed method study	8
The role of self-care interventions on men’s health-seeking behaviours to advance their sexual and reproductive health and rights	8
Governance of health research in four eastern and southern African countries	8
Investigating the influence of institutions, politics, organizations, and governance on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia, Canada: a jurisdictional case study protocol	8
Rapid research response to the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from a National Institute for Health Biomedical Research Centre	8
A scoping review of complex systems methods used in population physical activity research: do they align with attributes of a whole system approach?	8
Cross-cultural adaption and psychometric investigation of the German version of the Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-36D)	8
User involvement in ageing and health research: a survey of researchers’ and older adults’ perspectives	8
How to disseminate national recommendations for physical activity: a qualitative analysis of critical change agents in Germany	8
Implementing healthy food environment policies in New Zealand: nine years of inaction	8
Building a virtual community of practice: experience from the Canadian foundation for healthcare improvement’s policy circle	8
Agenda setting for essential medicines policy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective policy analysis using Kingdon’s multiple streams model	8
The use of GRADE-CERQual in qualitative evidence synthesis: an evaluation of fidelity and reporting	8
Raising the contraceptive prevalence rate to 50% by 2025 in Pakistan: an analysis of number of users and service delivery channels	8
Mixed method evaluation of the CEBHA+ integrated knowledge translation approach: a protocol	8
Evaluating cancer research impact: lessons and examples from existing reviews on approaches to research impact assessment	8
Coevolution of COVID-19 research and China’s policies	8
Investigating the nature and quality of locally commissioned evaluations of the NHS Vanguard programme: an evidence synthesis	8
An analysis of how health systems integrated priority-setting in the pandemic planning in a sample of Latin America and the Caribbean countries	8
A systematic review of the literature on the impact of the Seguro Popular	8
Exploring the possible sources of fiscal space for health in India: insights from political regimes	8
Co-creating physical activity interventions: a mixed methods evaluation approach	8
Competency profiles for evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM): a rapid review	7
How to work with intangible software in public health systems: some experiences from India	7
Psychological, social and technical factors influencing electronic medical records systems adoption by United States physicians: a systematic model	7
A North–South-South partnership in higher education to develop health research capacity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the challenge of finding a common language	7
Mapping the burden of diabetes in five small countries in Europe and setting the agenda for health policy and strategic action	7
A framework for considering the utility of models when facing tough decisions in public health: a guideline for policy-makers	7
A cost–benefit analysis framework for preventive health interventions to aid decision-making in Australian governments	7
Barriers and facilitators to conducting economic evaluation studies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: a survey of researchers	7
A qualitative study of the development and utilization of health facility-based immunization microplans in Uganda	7
What funders are doing to assess the impact of their investments in health and biomedical research	7
PRIMASYS: a health policy and systems research approach for the assessment of country primary health care systems	7
How can health technology assessment support our response to public health emergencies?	7
Developing strategies to attract, retain and support midwives in rural fragile settings: participatory workshops with health system stakeholders in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo	7
Evaluating the quality of research co-production: Research Quality Plus for Co-Production (RQ + 4 Co-Pro)	7
A call for better understanding of social media in surveillance and management of noncommunicable diseases	7
Policy options to increase motivation for improving evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran	7
An evaluation of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s advocacy strategy for policy change	7
Institutional-level drivers of gender-inequitable scientific career progression in sub-Saharan Africa	7
Open science at the science–policy interface: bringing in the evidence?	7
Unlocking policy synergies, challenges and contradictions influencing implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Framework in Zambia: a policy analysis	6
The use of participatory systems mapping as a research method in the context of non-communicable diseases and risk factors: a scoping review	6
Repairing boundaries along pathways to tuberculosis case detection: a qualitative synthesis of intervention designs	6
Quality improvements of healthcare trajectories by learning from aggregated patient-reported outcomes: a mixed-methods systematic literature review	6

The understanding, application and influence of complexity in national physical activity policy-making	6
Blending an implementation science framework with principles of proportionate universalism to support physical activity promotion in primary healthcare while addressing health inequities	6
Health research knowledge translation into policy in Zambia: policy-maker and researcher perspectives	6
How frequently should “living” guidelines be updated? Insights from the Australian Living Stroke Guidelines	6
The collaborative research and service delivery partnership between the United States healthcare system and the U.S. Military Health System during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers (HCWs) in Sindh Province of Pakistan	6
Collective reflections on the first cycle of a collaborative learning platform to strengthen rural primary healthcare in Mpumalanga, South Africa	6
Policy options for strengthening evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran: overall SASHA project findings	6
The usability and applicability of knowledge translation theories, models, and frameworks for research in the context of a national health service	6
Rapid prioritisation of topics for rapid evaluation: the case of innovations in adult social care and social work	6
The value of hackathons in integrated knowledge translation (iKT) research: Waterlupus	6
The whole-of-society approach of mass COVID-19 vaccination in China: a qualitative study	6
The influence of the National Health Insurance scheme of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on healthcare access and catastrophic health expenditures for patients with chronic renal disease, and the	6
A critical review of definitions of rural areas in Indonesia and implications for health workforce policy and research	6
Co-designing a theory-informed intervention to increase shared decision-making in maternity care	6
Sugar-sweetened beverage tax implementation processes: results of a scoping review	6
Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making: protocol of a multi-country, transdisciplinary, mixed-m	6
Measuring public opinion and acceptability of prevention policies: an integrative review and narrative synthesis of methods	6
The how and why of producing policy relevant research: perspectives of Australian childhood obesity prevention researchers and policy makers	5
Impact of good governance, economic growth and universal health coverage on COVID-19 infection and case fatality rates in Africa	5
Examining healthcare purchasing arrangements for strategic purchasing in Nigeria: a case study of the Imo state healthcare system	5
Decision-maker led implementation research on immunization: learning from low- and middle-income countries	5
Can healthy ageing moderate the effects of population ageing on economic growth and health spending trends in Mongolia? A modelling study	5
Inclusion of diabetic retinopathy screening strategies in national-level diabetes care planning in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	5
Assessing the impact of the Good Samaritan Law in the state of Connecticut: a system dynamics approach	5
Is value-based payment for healthcare feasible under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme?	5
A scoping review to identify and describe the characteristics of theories, models and frameworks of health research partnerships	5
Effectiveness of a community-integrated intermediary care (CIIC) service model to enhance family-based long-term care for Thai older adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand: a cluster-randomized controlled tri	5
Systemic factors for enhancing intersectoral collaboration for the operationalization of One Health: a case study in India	5
Exploring mechanisms that explain how coalition groups are formed and how they work to sustain political priority for maternal and child health in Nigeria using the advocacy coalition framework	5
Improving WHO’s understanding of WHO guideline uptake and use in Member States: a scoping review	5
Political economy analysis of universal health coverage and health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries: the role of stakeholder engagement in the research process	5
Overcoming the challenges facing Nepal’s health system during federalisation: an analysis of health system building blocks	5
Systematic review and policy dialogue to determine challenges in evidence-informed health policy-making: findings of the SASHA study	5
Output-orientated policy engagement: a model for advancing the use of epidemiological evidence in health policy	5
EVITA 2.0, an updated framework for understanding evidence-based mental health policy agenda-setting: tested and informed by key informant interviews in a multilevel comparative case study	5
Health system governance assessment in protracted crisis settings: Northwest Syria	5
Public health research priorities for WHO on COVID-19 in the South-East Asia Region: results of a prioritization survey	5
How are health research partnerships assessed? A systematic review of outcomes, impacts, terminology and the use of theories, models and frameworks	5
Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study	5
What makes a ‘successful’ collaborative research project between public health practitioners and academics? A mixed-methods review of funding applications submitted to a local intervention evaluation	5
Strengthening research ethics governance and regulatory oversight in Central America and the Dominican Republic in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study	5
Sixteen years of eHealth experiences in Iran: a qualitative content analysis of national policies	5
Building capacity for integrated knowledge translation: a description of what we can learn from trainees’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Evaluation of the feasibility and sustainability of the joint human and animal vaccination and its integration to the public health system in the Danamadji health district, Chad	4
Measuring the impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on access to primary care using an interrupted time series approach	4
First Nations Australians’ self-determination in health and alcohol policy development: a Delphi study	4
Identifying advocacy strategies, challenges and opportunities for increasing domestic health policy and health systems research funding in Nigeria: Perspectives of researchers and policymakers	4
Combining systems thinking approaches and implementation science constructs within community-based prevention: a systematic review	4
Potential barriers to and facilitators of civil society organization engagement in increasing immunization coverage in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria: an implementation r	4
Standardising policy and technology responses in the immediate aftermath of a pandemic: a comparative and conceptual framework	4
What the policy and stewardship landscape of a national health research system looks like in a developing country like Iran: a qualitative study	4
A health-systems journey towards more people-centred care: lessons from neglected tropical disease programme integration in Liberia	4
Aiding empirical research on the commercial determinants of health: a scoping review of datasets and methods about lobbying	4
Quality of care in the context of universal health coverage: a scoping review	4
Hospital funding reforms in Canada: a narrative review of Ontario and Quebec strategies	4
The development of clinical guidelines in China: insights from a national survey	4
The Implementation in Context (ICON) Framework: A meta-framework of context domains, attributes and features in healthcare	4
An analysis of the impact of newborn survival policies in Pakistan using a policy triangle framework	4
Pharmacy premises licensing policy formulation: experience from Ghana	4
Late career participation of late retirees in the age of the silver tsunami: understanding the influencing mechanism of health status and employment-based health insurance participation	4
The organization and impacts of clinical research delivery workforce redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative case study of one research-intensive acute hospital trust	4
How does academia respond to the burden of infectious and parasitic disease?	4
An ethical analysis of policy dialogues	4
Competing public narratives in nutrition policy: insights into the ideational barriers of public support for regulatory nutrition measures	4
Collective health research assessment: developing a tool to measure the impact of multistakeholder research initiatives	4
Advancing health through evidence assisted decisions with health policy and systems research program: a qualitative evaluation of a national health research grant management process in the Philippines	4
Research capacity-building for clinicians: understanding how the research facilitator role fosters clinicians’ engagement in the research process	4
National governance of de-implementation of low-value care: a qualitative study in Sweden	4
Scaling up tobacco cessation within TB programmes: findings from a multi-country, mixed-methods implementation study	4
Ethics of participation and social inclusion of older persons in research: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore	3
Drivers of cervical cancer prevention and management in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative synthesis of mixed studies	3
Cross-cutting lessons from the Decision-Maker Led Implementation Research initiative	3
Involvement of professionals in research: knowledge integration, development of practice, and challenges: a group concept mapping study	3
How successful was the use of a community of practice for the implementation of evidence-based practices for heart failure within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Insights from a form	3
Do German university medical centres promote robust and transparent research? A cross-sectional study of institutional policies	3
Development of the National Policy for Quality in Healthcare for Malaysia	3
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	3
Degree of protection provided by poverty alleviation policies for the middle-aged and older in China: evaluation of effectiveness of medical insurance system tools and vulnerable target recognition	3
A research intelligence approach to assess the research impact of the Dutch university medical centres	3
The role of partners in promoting self-care for misoprostol and subcutaneous DMPA in Pakistan	3
Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium	3
Challenges and opportunities for Iranian global health diplomacy: lessons learned from action for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases	3
Double burden of vulnerability for refugees: conceptualization and policy solutions for financial protection in Iran using systems thinking approach	3
STRIVE PNG: using a partnership-based approach in implementation research to strengthen surveillance and health systems in Papua New Guinea	3
Applying a framework to assess the impact of cardiovascular outcomes improvement research	3
Individual and institutional capacity-building for evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran: a mix of local and global evidence	3
From policy to practice: prioritizing person-centred healthcare actions in the state of Victoria	3
Exploring static and dynamic relationships between burden of disease and research funding in the United States	3
What implementation strategies and outcome measures are used to transform healthcare organizations into learning health systems? A mixed-methods review protocol	3
Implementation strategies and outcome measures for advancing learning health systems: a mixed methods systematic review	3
Meaningful coproduction with clinicians: establishing a practice-based research network with physiotherapists in regional Australia	3
The V-BRCH Project: building clinical trial research capacity for HIV and noncommunicable diseases in Nigeria	3
Health data hubs: an analysis of existing data governance features for research	3
Origin, impacts, and potential solutions to the fragmentation of the Mexican health system: a consultation with key actors	3