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View article: The Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) programme in England: a mixed methods evaluation
The Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) programme in England: a mixed methods evaluation Open
Background: Interventions to support engagement between academics and policy professionals have proliferated, yet little evidence is available to guide what works, how, or for whom. Aims and objectives: To evaluate the activities, outcomes…
View article: Identifying Research Impacts Within a Global Cancer Survivorship Grants Portfolio
Identifying Research Impacts Within a Global Cancer Survivorship Grants Portfolio Open
PURPOSE Research impact assessments (RIAs) are exercises conducted to measure research outputs, outcomes, and impacts of research projects and programs. While use among funders has been growing, RIA adoption has been fragmented, and a glob…
View article: Development of an overarching framework for anticipating and assessing adverse and other unintended consequences of public health interventions (CONSEQUENT): a best-fit framework synthesis
Development of an overarching framework for anticipating and assessing adverse and other unintended consequences of public health interventions (CONSEQUENT): a best-fit framework synthesis Open
Introduction Despite the best intentions and intended beneficial outcomes, public health (PH) interventions can have adverse effects and other unintended consequences (AUCs). AUCs are rarely systematically examined when developing, evaluat…
View article: A modified action framework to develop and evaluate academic-policy engagement interventions
A modified action framework to develop and evaluate academic-policy engagement interventions Open
Background There has been a proliferation of frameworks with the common goal of bridging the gap between evidence, policy and practice, but few to specifically guide evaluations of academic-policy engagement. We present the modification of…
View article: Improving the reporting of research impact assessments: a systematic review of biomedical funder research impact assessments
Improving the reporting of research impact assessments: a systematic review of biomedical funder research impact assessments Open
The field of research impact assessment (RIA) has seen remarkable growth over the past three decades. Increasing numbers of RIA frameworks have been developed and applied by research funders and new technologies can capture some research i…
View article: Why Is It So Hard to Evaluate Knowledge Exchange? Comment on "Sustaining Knowledge Translation Practices: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis"
Why Is It So Hard to Evaluate Knowledge Exchange? Comment on "Sustaining Knowledge Translation Practices: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis" Open
Despite a growth in knowledge translation (KT) or exchange activities, and a smaller growth in their evaluations, it remains challenging to identify evidence of efficacy. This could be due to well-documented political and logistical diffic…
View article: How Does Exercise, With and Without Diet, Improve Pain and Function in Knee Osteoarthritis? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring Potential Mediators of Effects
How Does Exercise, With and Without Diet, Improve Pain and Function in Knee Osteoarthritis? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring Potential Mediators of Effects Open
Objective To explore the mediators of effects of two 6‐month telehealth‐delivered exercise programs, including exercise with and without weight‐loss diet, on pain and function improvements in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods Secondary ana…
View article: Translating evidence into policy and practice: what do we know already, and what would further research look like?
Translating evidence into policy and practice: what do we know already, and what would further research look like? Open
Cross et al’s important new article identifies the ‘poor translation of clinical practice guidelines … into clinical practice’ and the need to understand how to close the gap between the production of new evidence and its use in clinical s…
View article: How well do the UK government’s ‘areas of research interest’ work as boundary objects to facilitate the use of research in policymaking?
How well do the UK government’s ‘areas of research interest’ work as boundary objects to facilitate the use of research in policymaking? Open
Articulating the research priorities of government is one mechanism for promoting the production of relevant research to inform policy. This study focuses on the Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) produced and published by government depart…
View article: Anticipating and assessing adverse and other unintended consequences of public health interventions: the (CONSEQUENT) framework
Anticipating and assessing adverse and other unintended consequences of public health interventions: the (CONSEQUENT) framework Open
1 Abstract Despite the best intentions public health interventions (PHIs) can have adverse and other unintended consequences (AUCs). AUCs are rarely systematically examined when developing, evaluating or implementing PHIs. We used a struct…
View article: Areas of research interest: joining the dots between government and research at last?
Areas of research interest: joining the dots between government and research at last? Open
Background: With the aim of making it easier for researchers to produce policy-relevant research, the UK Government now requires all departments and arms-length bodies to publish annually-updated statements of their evidence needs, called …
View article: A qualitative evaluation of priority-setting by the Health Benefits Package Advisory Panel in Kenya
A qualitative evaluation of priority-setting by the Health Benefits Package Advisory Panel in Kenya Open
Kenya’s Ministry of Health established the Health Benefits Package Advisory Panel (HBPAP) in 2018 to develop a benefits package for universal health coverage. This study evaluated HBPAP’s process for developing the benefits package against…
View article: Anticipating & assessing adverse consequences of public health interventions - CONSEQUENT framework
Anticipating & assessing adverse consequences of public health interventions - CONSEQUENT framework Open
Introduction Despite the best intentions, public health (PH) interventions can have adverse and other unintended consequences (AUCs). AUCs may arise in novel PH interventions, as well as from known and tested PH interventions implemented i…
View article: Improving the influence of evidence in policy creation: an ethnographic study of the research-to-policy collaborative
Improving the influence of evidence in policy creation: an ethnographic study of the research-to-policy collaborative Open
Background: Despite the known need for empirical research-to-policy studies, little is known about the factors and conditions needed to support meaningful evidence use or how to intervene to promote quality evidence use. Aims and objective…
View article: What works to promote research-policy engagement?
What works to promote research-policy engagement? Open
Background: To improve the use of evidence in policy and practice, many organisations and individuals seek to promote research-policy engagement activities, but little is known about what works. Aims and objectives: We sought (a) to identi…
View article: How Policy Appetites Shape, and Are Shaped by Evidence Production and Use
How Policy Appetites Shape, and Are Shaped by Evidence Production and Use Open
Despite long-standing critiques, the rationalist model—which describes a simple, linear process by which evidence should inform policy decision-making—remains dominant in the minds of many researchers and policymakers. Why is this the case…
View article: Select Committee Governance and the Production of Evidence: The Case of UK E-cigarettes Policy
Select Committee Governance and the Production of Evidence: The Case of UK E-cigarettes Policy Open
This chapter examines the process of evidence use within the Westminster select committee system and the potential this offers for health-harming industries to influence the evidentiary content of policy debates. It introduces these issues…
View article: Additional file 2 of What funders are doing to assess the impact of their investments in health and biomedical research
Additional file 2 of What funders are doing to assess the impact of their investments in health and biomedical research Open
Additional file 2. Included papers table.
View article: Comprehensive Sex Education Addressing Gender and Power: A Systematic Review to Investigate Implementation and Mechanisms of Impact
Comprehensive Sex Education Addressing Gender and Power: A Systematic Review to Investigate Implementation and Mechanisms of Impact Open
Background Delivered globally to promote adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health, comprehensive sex education (CSE) is rights-based, holistic, and seeks to enhance young people’s skills to foster respectful and healthy relationships. P…
View article: Science Advice in the UK
Science Advice in the UK Open
This report examines the science advisory system in the UK, how it has changed and how it may develop further in the future. It looks at structure and functions within the UK Government (including the Government Chief Scientific Advisor, t…
View article: Evidence-Based Behaviour Change Intervention on Saiga Horn Medicine in Singapore: Research Brief
Evidence-Based Behaviour Change Intervention on Saiga Horn Medicine in Singapore: Research Brief Open
Key Points: 1. A rare example of a wildlife trade initiative that covers all stages of an evidence-based behaviour change intervention. 2. Intervention development involved combining extensive consumer research with human behaviour theory …
View article: An Evaluation of The Evidence Brief for Policy Development Process in WHO EVIPNet Europe Countries
An Evaluation of The Evidence Brief for Policy Development Process in WHO EVIPNet Europe Countries Open
BackgroundEvidence briefs for policy (EBPs) represent a potentially powerful tool for supporting evidence informed policy-making. Since 2012, the World Health Organization Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe has been supporti…