ReviewHealth research policy and systems2012
Implementation research evidence uptake and use for policy-making.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Lessons learned from descriptions and evaluations of knowledge translation platforms supporting evidence-informed policy-making in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Health research policy and systems · 2020Pooled it
- Investigating the process of evidence-informed health policymaking in Bangladesh: a systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2019Pooled it
- Evidence map of knowledge translation strategies, outcomes, facilitators and barriers in African health systems.Health research policy and systems · 2019Pooled it
- New Antenatal Model in Africa and India (NAMAI) study: implementation research to improve antenatal care using WHO recommendations.Health research policy and systems · 2023Trial
- Using evidence briefs to support future implementation planning: the case of early fibrinolysis for myocardial infarction and rehabilitation for the amputee patient in Colombia.Health research policy and systems · 2026Article
- What makes embedded implementation research work? A multicountry synthesis of UNICEF-supported initiatives in low- and middle-income countries.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- A knowledge translation toolkit for maternal health implementation planning in low- and middle-income countries: development and pilot evaluation in two countries.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- The Guideline Uptake in Digital Ecosystems (GUIDE) study: protocol for implementation research on the impact of WHO SMART guidelines digital adaptation kits to improve quality of care.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Process of use of evidence products by frontline maternal, newborn and child health staff at the facility level in Ghana.PloS one · 2025Article
- Sustainability of zinc coverage for acute childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh and other low- and middle-income countries: one decade following the SUZY project.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Solutions of clinical guideline implementation in Iran: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Positioning implementation science in national immunization programmes to improve coverage equity and advance progress toward Immunization Agenda 2030: An urgent global health imperative.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Research utilization competency development in the health workforce pipeline: Design and formative evaluation of learning objectives for health professions students.Health research policy and systems · 2024Article
- Innovations for building implementation science capacity among researchers and policymakers: The Depth and Diffusion Model.Global implementation research and applications · 2024Article
- Exploring variations in the implementation of a health system level policy intervention to improve maternal and child health outcomes in resource limited settings: A qualitative multiple case study from Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Challenges for research uptake for health policymaking and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- Open science at the science-policy interface: bringing in the evidence?Health research policy and systems · 2022Review
- Strategies to promote evidence use for health programme improvement: learning from the experiences of embedded implementation research teams in Latin America and the Caribbean.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Integrating citizen engagement into evidence-informed health policy-making in eastern Europe and central Asia: scoping study and future research priorities.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Public engagement in health technology assessment in Brazil: the case of the public consultation on National Clinical Guidelines for Care in Normal Birth.BMC public health · 2021Article
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
A major obstacle to the progress of the Millennium Development Goals has been the inability of health systems in many low- and middle-income countries to effectively implement evidence-informed interventions. This article discusses the relationships between implementation research and knowledge translation and identifies the role of implementation research in the design and execution of evidence-informed policy. After a discussion of the benefits and synergies needed to translate implementation research into action, the article discusses how implementation research can be used along the entire continuum of the use of evidence to inform policy. It provides specific examples of the use of implementation research in national level programmes by looking at the scale up of zinc for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh and the scaling up of malaria treatment in Burkina Faso. A number of tested strategies to support the transfer of implementation research results into policy-making are provided to help meet the standards that are increasingly expected from evidence-informed policy-making practices.
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