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A scoping review about conference objectives and evaluative practices: how do we get more out of them?Justin Neves
McMaster Health Forum, Hamilton, Canada
Health Res Policy Syst 10:26. 2012..This review provides conference evaluators and organizers a simple resource to improve their own assessments by highlighting and categorizing potential objectives and evaluation strategies...- Assessing healthcare providers' knowledge and practices relating to insecticide-treated nets and the prevention of malaria in Ghana, Laos, Senegal and TanzaniaSteven J Hoffman
McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Malar J 10:363. 2011..Malaria prevention is a particularly compelling domain to study evidence/practice gaps given the proven efficacy, cost-effectiveness and disappointing utilization of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)... - Use of health systems and policy research evidence in the health policymaking in eastern Mediterranean countries: views and practices of researchersFadi El-Jardali
Department of Health Management and Policy, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11 0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon
Implement Sci 7:2. 2012.... - Core competencies in the science and practice of knowledge translation: description of a Canadian strategic training initiativeSharon E Straus
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
Implement Sci 6:127. 2011..This challenge has resulted in the development of implementation science or knowledge translation (KT) and the resulting need to build capacity in both the science and practice of KT... - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 10: Taking equity into consideration when assessing the findings of a systematic reviewAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S10. 2009..Are there important considerations that should be made when implementing the option in order to ensure that inequities are reduced, if possible, and that they are not increased?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 15: Engaging the public in evidence-informed policymakingAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S15. 2009..What strategies can be used when working with civil society groups to inform and engage them in policy development and implementation? 3. What methods can be used to involve consumers in policy development and implementation?.. - SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed policymaking in health 6: Using research evidence to address how an option will be implementedAtle Fretheim
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S6. 2009..What strategies should be considered in planning the implementation of a new policy in order to facilitate the necessary systems changes?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 17: Dealing with insufficient research evidenceAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S17. 2009..Has inconclusive evidence been misinterpreted as evidence of no effect? 3. Is it possible to be confident about a decision despite a lack of evidence? 4. Is the option potentially harmful, ineffective or not worth the cost?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 8: Deciding how much confidence to place in a systematic reviewSimon Lewin
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S8. 2009..Was the search for relevant studies detailed and reasonably comprehensive? 4. Were assessments of the studies' relevance to the review topic and of their risk of bias reproducible? 5. Were the results similar from study to study?.. - SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed policymaking in health 11: Finding and using evidence about local conditionsSimon Lewin
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S11. 2009..How should the quality of the available local evidence be assessed? 4. Are there important variations in the availability, quality or results of local evidence? 5. How should local evidence be incorporated with other information?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 2: Improving how your organisation supports the use of research evidence to inform policymakingAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S2. 2009..What strategies should be used to ensure the use of systematic and transparent methods for accessing, appraising and using research evidence? 5. What strategies should be used to ensure adequate capacity to employ these methods?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 1: What is evidence-informed policymaking?Andrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S1. 2009..Evidence-informed policymaking helps policymakers gain an understanding of these processes... - SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed policymaking in health 18: Planning monitoring and evaluation of policiesAtle Fretheim
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S18. 2009..These are: 1. Is monitoring necessary? 2. What should be measured? 3. Should an impact evaluation be conducted? 4. How should the impact evaluation be done?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 12: Finding and using research evidence about resource use and costsAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S12. 2009..What evidence is there for important impacts on resource use? 3. How confident is it possible to be in the evidence for impacts on resource use? 4. Have the impacts on resource use been valued appropriately in terms of their true costs?.. - Effects of an evidence service on community-based AIDS service organizations' use of research evidence: a protocol for a randomized controlled trialMichael G Wilson
McMaster Health Forum, Hamilton, Canada
Implement Sci 6:52. 2011..Our objective is to evaluate whether this 'full serve' evidence service increases the use of research evidence by CBOs as compared to a 'self-serve' evidence service... - Community capacity to acquire, assess, adapt, and apply research evidence: a survey of Ontario's HIV/AIDS sectorMichael G Wilson
Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Canada
Implement Sci 6:54. 2011..To better support CBOs to find and use research evidence, we sought to assess the capacity of CBOs in the HIV/AIDS sector to acquire, assess, adapt, and apply research evidence in their work... - Determining research knowledge infrastructure for healthcare systems: a qualitative studyMoriah E Ellen
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Implement Sci 6:60. 2011.... - Interventions encouraging the use of systematic reviews by health policymakers and managers: a systematic reviewLaure Perrier
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Implement Sci 6:43. 2011..Systematic reviews have the potential to inform decisions made by health policymakers and managers, yet little is known about the impact of interventions to increase the use of systematic reviews by these groups in decision making... - Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: Helping community-based organizations link research to actionMichael G Wilson
Health Research Methodology Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Implement Sci 5:33. 2010..SUMMARY: Through this type of strategy, use of research evidence for CBO advocacy, program planning, and service delivery efforts can be better facilitated and continually refined through ongoing evaluations of its impact... - Reliability of a tool for measuring theory of planned behaviour constructs for use in evaluating research use in policymakingJennifer A Boyko
Health Research Methodology Program, McMaster University, 1280 Main St, West, CRL 209, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
Health Res Policy Syst 9:29. 2011..abstract:.. - Climate for evidence-informed health systems: A print media analysis in 44 low- and middle-income countries that host knowledge-translation platformsAndrew Cheung
College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, PO Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
Health Res Policy Syst 9:7. 2011..abstract:.. - Translating research into policy: lessons learned from eclampsia treatment and malaria control in three southern African countriesGodfrey Woelk
Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, PO Box A178 Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Health Res Policy Syst 7:31. 2009.... - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 16: Using research evidence in balancing the pros and cons of policiesAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, P O Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S16. 2009..How confident can policymakers and others be in the estimated impacts? 5. Is a formal economic model likely to facilitate decision making?.. - Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Development and testing of questionnaire for health-care providersG Emmanuel Guindon
National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People s Democratic Republic
Health Res Policy Syst 8:3. 2010.... - Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Development and testing of a questionnaire for researchersDavid Cameron
National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People s Democratic Republic
Health Res Policy Syst 8:4. 2010.... - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 14: Organising and using policy dialogues to support evidence-informed policymakingJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S14. 2009..Does the dialogue engage a facilitator, follow a rule about not attributing comments to individuals, and not aim for consensus? 6. Are outputs produced and follow-up activities undertaken to support action?.. - Effects of an evidence service on health-system policy makers' use of research evidence: a protocol for a randomised controlled trialJohn N Lavis
McMaster Health Forum, Hamilton, Canada
Implement Sci 6:51. 2011.... - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 4: Using research evidence to clarify a problemJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S4. 2009..What comparisons can be made to establish the magnitude of the problem and to measure progress in addressing it? 5. How can the problem be framed (or described) in a way that will motivate different groups?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 5: Using research evidence to frame options to address a problemJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S5. 2009..What adaptations might be made to any given option and could they alter its benefits, harms and costs? 6. Which stakeholder views and experiences might influence an option's acceptability and its benefits, harms, and costs?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 7: Finding systematic reviewsJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S7. 2009..These are: 1. Is a systematic review really what is needed? 2. What databases and search strategies can be used to find relevant systematic reviews? 3. What alternatives are available when no relevant review can be found?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 9: Assessing the applicability of the findings of a systematic reviewJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S9. 2009.... - Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of researchersJohn N Lavis
McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
CMAJ 182:E350-61. 2010..We surveyed researchers in 10 countries about their involvement in such efforts... 
Supporting the use of health technology assessments in policy making about health systemsJohn N Lavis
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 26:405-14. 2010....- SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy briefs to support evidence-informed policymakingJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S13. 2009..Does the policy brief employ a graded-entry format? 6. Was the policy brief reviewed for both scientific quality and system relevance?.. - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 3: Setting priorities for supporting evidence-informed policymakingJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:S3. 2009..Does the approach incorporate an explicit process for determining priorities? 4. Does the approach incorporate a communications strategy and a monitoring and evaluation plan?.. - Examining the role of health services research in public policymakingJohn N Lavis
McMaster University, Institute for Work and Health, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Milbank Q 80:125-54. 2002..Results from an exploratory study on the use of health services research by Canadian provincial policymakers illustrate these issues... - Do Canadian civil servants care about the health of populations?John N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Am J Public Health 93:658-63. 2003..This article describes Canadian civil servants' awareness of, attitudes toward, and self-reported use of ideas about the determinants of health... - Is there a gradient in life span by position in the social hierarchy?John N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Health Sciences Centre, Rm 2D3, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
Am J Public Health 93:771-4. 2003 - How can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers?John N Lavis
McMaster University
Milbank Q 81:221-48, 171-2. 2003..Research funders can help research organizations take advantage of these opportunities... 
Use of research to inform public policymakingJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Lancet 364:1615-21. 2004....- Towards systematic reviews that inform health care management and policy-makingJohn Lavis
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 10:35-48. 2005..To identify ways to improve the usefulness of systematic reviews for health care managers and policy-makers that could then be evaluated prospectively... - Research, public policymaking, and knowledge-translation processes: Canadian efforts to build bridgesJohn N Lavis
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Contin Educ Health Prof 26:37-45. 2006.... - SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP)John N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Political Science, McMaster University, 1200 Main St, West, HSC 2D3, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
Health Res Policy Syst 7:I1. 2009..Additional information resources are listed and described in every article. The evaluation of ways to support evidence-informed health policymaking is a developing field and feedback about how to improve the series is welcome... - Working within and beyond the Cochrane Collaboration to make systematic reviews more useful to healthcare managers and policy makersJohn N Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Healthc Policy 1:21-33. 2006.... - Partnership experiences: involving decision-makers in the research processSuzanne Ross
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 8:26-34. 2003..Consideration should also be given to undertaking and evaluating interactions between researchers and decision-makers outside of the research process... - Ideas at the margin or marginalized ideas? Nonmedical determinants of health in CanadaJohn N Lavis
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:107-12. 2002 - Measuring the impact of health researchJohn Lavis
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 8:165-70. 2003..These actions, coupled with on-going refinements to the proposed assessment tool as research evidence evolves, would take us a long way towards assessment and accountability in the health sector... - Impact of clinician judgement on formulary committees' recommendations in CanadaMark Oremus
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1E9, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 15:98-105. 2010.... - Canadians confront health care reformJulia Abelson
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:186-93. 2004..But they appeared more receptive to two-tier care and for-profit delivery for the newer and rapidly expanding domains of home care and high-tech care... - Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of health care providersG Emmanuel Guindon
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
CMAJ 182:E362-72. 2010..We surveyed health care providers in 10 low- and middle-income countries about their use of research-based evidence and examined factors that may facilitate or impede such use... - Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysisP J Devereaux
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton
CMAJ 170:1817-24. 2004.... - Does free complementary health insurance help the poor to access health care? Evidence from FranceMichel Grignon
Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Health Econ 17:203-19. 2008..The significant effect among those who enrolled voluntarily in the free plan was likely driven by those with no previous complementary coverage... - Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysisP J Devereaux
Depatment of Medicine, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
JAMA 288:2449-57. 2002..There has been extensive debate about whether the profit status of these facilities influences patient mortality... - A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitalsP J Devereaux
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
CMAJ 166:1399-406. 2002..To inform this debate, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing the mortality rates of private for-profit hospitals and those of private not-for-profit hospitals... - Parallel payers and preferred access: how Canada's Workers' Compensation Boards expedite care for injured and ill workersJeremiah Hurley
Department of Economics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University
Healthc Pap 8:6-14. 2008..In this paper we document the development of these strategies and discuss their implications for physicians, patients, government and the provincial public insurance plans... - Income inequality, household income, and health status in Canada: a prospective cohort studyChristopher B McLeod
Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Public Health 93:1287-93. 2003..This study sought to determine whether income inequality, household income, and their interaction are associated with health status... - An international survey indicated that unpublished systematic reviews existAndrea C Tricco
Chalmers Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 62:617-623.e5. 2009..To determine the frequency of unpublished systematic reviews (SRs) and explore factors contributing to their occurrence... - Is position in the occupational hierarchy a determinant of decline in perceived health status?Cameron A Mustard
Institute for Work and Health, 481 University Ave, Toronto, Ont, Canada M5G 2E9
Soc Sci Med 57:2291-303. 2003..A more robust measurement of the characteristics of labor market experiences would be expected to improve understanding of the relationship between work and health in this sample... - Assessing country-level efforts to link research to actionJohn N Lavis
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Bull World Health Organ 84:620-8. 2006..The fourth element addresses approaches to evaluation (how support is provided for rigorous evaluations of efforts to link research to action)... - Optimal search strategies for detecting health services research studies in MEDLINENancy L Wilczynski
Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont
CMAJ 171:1179-85. 2004..These strategies have been made available for public use by the US National Library of Medicine at www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hedges/search.html... - Research use in children's mental health policy in Canada: maintaining vigilance amid ambiguityCharlotte Waddell
Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T1W6
Soc Sci Med 61:1649-57. 2005.... - Are we expecting too much from print media? An analysis of newspaper coverage of the 2002 Canadian healthcare reform debatePatricia A Collins
Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Robert C Brown Hall, Room 7230, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
Soc Sci Med 63:89-102. 2006..Finally, the dominance of governmental actors provided these actors with numerous opportunities to persuade the public... - What is the evidence for parenting interventions offered in a Canadian community?John D McLennan
Departments of Paediatrics, Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Can J Public Health 97:454-8. 2006..This study examines the evidence base supporting parenting interventions offered in a Canadian community and, in so doing, illustrates a community assessment mechanism that could be applied routinely for other psychosocial interventions... - Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviewsSimon Lewin
Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Lancet 372:928-39. 2008..The evidence base needs urgently to be strengthened, synthesised, and taken into account in policy and practice, particularly for the benefit of those who have been excluded from the health care advances of recent decades... - Effects of policy options for human resources for health: an analysis of systematic reviewsMickey Chopra
Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Lancet 371:668-74. 2008..We aimed to identify all available policy options to address human resources for health in such countries, and to assess the effectiveness of these policy options... - Research-practice gaps in child mental healthJohn D McLennan
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:658-65. 2006..To present a framework for classifying research-practice gaps to increase clarity in the discourse on evidence-informed practice and policy as it applies to child mental health... - Use of evidence in WHO recommendationsAndrew D Oxman
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, PO Box 7004, St Olavs Plass, N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Lancet 369:1883-9. 2007..We examined the use of evidence, particularly evidence of effects, in recommendations developed by WHO departments...