Bridging the implementation gap between knowledge and action for health. [PDF]
, 2004 There is widespread evidence of failure to implement health interventions that have been demonstrated to be cost-effective by high-quality research; this failure affects both high-income and low-income countries.
Kuruvilla, Shyama +2 more
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Building health research systems to achieve better health [PDF]
, 2006 Health research systems can link knowledge generation with practical concerns to improve health and health equity. Interest in health research, and in how health research systems should best be organised, is moving up the agenda of bodies such as the ...
Hanney, S, Gonzalez-Block, MA
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Controlled-release hydromorphone and risk of infection in adults: a systematic review
Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background Preliminary evidence suggests that people who inject drugs (PWID) may be at an increased risk of developing infective endocarditis (IE), hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection from hydromorphone ...
Andrea C. Tricco +9 more
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Pathophysiology and mechanism of long COVID: a comprehensive review
Annals of Medicine, 2022 Background After almost 2 years of fighting against SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the number of patients enduring persistent symptoms long after acute infection is a matter of concern.
D. Castanares-Zapatero +8 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background There is an international trend to shorten the postpartum length of stay in hospitals, driven by cost containment, hospital bed availability and a movement toward the ‘demedicalization’ of birth. The aim of this systematic literature review is
Nadia Benahmed +4 more
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Evaluation of a school-based health education program for urban Indigenous young people in Australia [PDF]
, 2014 : The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a school-based health promotion and education program in improving knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and behaviours of urban Indigenous young people regarding chronic disease and ...
Ware, Robert S. +7 more
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Communities of practice in Alberta Health Services: advancing a learning organisation
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020 Background In 2009, Alberta Health Services (AHS) became Canada’s first and largest fully integrated healthcare system, involving the amalgamation of nine regional health authorities and three provincial services.
Anna M. Auer +4 more
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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022 Objective Brazil is one of the most unequal countries in the world. We aimed to create a Social Disparities Index for Covid-19 (SDI-Covid-19) using linked administrative data to understand the role of inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic to target ...
Maria Yury Travassos Ichihara +11 more
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Knowledge among Drug Dispensers and Antimalarial Drug Prescribing Practices in Public Health Facilities in Dar es Salaam. [PDF]
, 2013 Irrational prescribing and dispensing of antimalarials has been identified as a contributing factor in the emergence of malaria parasites resistant to existing antimalarial drugs.
Kamuhabwa AA +3 more
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Community knowledge variation, bed-net coverage, the role of a district health care system and their implications for malaria control in Southern Malawi [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents data on the pattern of knowledge of caregivers, bed-net coverage and the role of a rural district healthcare system, and their implications for malaria transmission, treatment, prevention and control in Chikhwawa, southern Malawi ...
Morse, Tracy +4 more
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