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Funding change: An environmental scan of research funders’ knowledge translation strategic plans and initiatives across 10 high-income countries/regions

FACETS, 2023
Knowledge translation (KT) is the science and practice of dissemination and implementation of evidence. We describe how research funders operationalize and evaluate KT initiatives, identify challenges and opportunities, and suggest strategic ...
Christine Fahim, Danielle Kasperavicius, Robyn Beckett, Keelia Quinn de Launay, Arthana Chandraraj, Amanda Crupi, Suvabna Theivendrampillai, Sharon E. Straus   +7 more
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Knowledge for better health [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
This month's world report on knowledge for better health makes common cause with medical journals.1 Its focus on research has encouraged this week's theme issue,2 a series of articles in the Lancet,3 and a theme issue in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.4 What is more, all these publications kick off a ministerial summit and this year's ...
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Impact of shortened length of stay for delivery on the required bed capacity in maternity services: results from forecast analysis on administrative data

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background We examine the implications of reducing the average length of stay (ALOS) for a delivery on the required capacity in terms of service volume and maternity beds in Belgium, using administrative data covering all inpatient stays in Belgian ...
Mélanie Lefèvre, Koen Van den Heede, Cécile Camberlin, Nicolas Bouckaert, Claire Beguin, Carl Devos, Carine Van de Voorde   +6 more
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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, Amanda Parker, Areej Hezam, Vera Nincic, Fatemeh Yazdi, Yonda Lai, Charmalee Harris, Zachary Bouck, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Sharon E. Straus   +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, P. Chalon, L. Kohn, M. Dauvrin, J. Detollenaere, C. Maertens de Noordhout, C. Primus-de Jong, I. Cleemput, K. Van den Heede   +8 more
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Vaginal delivery: how does early hospital discharge affect mother and child outcomes? A systematic literature review

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, Lorena San Miguel, Carl Devos, Nicolas Fairon, Wendy Christiaens   +4 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, Patricia Hanson, Barbara Brady-Fryer, Julie Alati-it, Allison L. Johnson   +4 more
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Using linked administrative data to build a Social Disparities Index for Covid-19 to evaluate the effects of inequalities on pandemic in Brazil.

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, Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone, Lilia Carolina Carneiro da Costa, Aline Grimberg Pereira de Medeiros, Elzo Pereira Pinto Junior, Rafael Felipe da Silva Souza, Mauricio Lima Barreto, Anderson Ara, Emmanuelle Goes, Julia M Pescarini, Marcos Ennes Barreto, Jaime Gregorio   +11 more
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The uses of knowledge in global health [PDF]

BMJ Global Health, 2021
> If …the problem of society is mainly one of rapid adaptation to changes in the particular circumstances of time and place… [then] the ultimate decisions must be left to the people who are familiar with these circumstances, who know directly of the relevant changes and of the resources immediately available to meet them.
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Factors associated with postpartum psychiatric disorders using routine administrative data

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Background Almost twenty percent of women worldwide experience mental health disorders following childbirth. Despite their importance and consequences, postpartum psychiatric disorders are still under-investigated.
Flávia Jôse Oliveira Alves, Luis F Castro-de-Araujo, Erika Fialho Morais Xavier, Daiane Borges Machado, Maurício L Barreto   +4 more
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