The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the 15th of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Monitoring equity and research policy
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 15. Disseminating and implementing guidelines
Fretheim A , Schünemann A, Oxman AD: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:27, 8 December 2006
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 16. Evaluation
Oxman AD, Schunemann HJ , Fretheim A: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:28, 8 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the last of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this. The authors reviewed the literature on evaluating guidelines and recommendations, including their quality, whether they are likely to be up-to-date, and their implementation. They also considered the role of guideline developers in undertaking evaluations that are needed to inform recommendations.
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 4. Managing conflicts of interests
Boyd EA, Bero LA: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:16, 1 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the fourth of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 5. Group processes
Fretheim A, Schünemann A, Oxman AD: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:17, 1 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the fifth of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 6. Determining which outcomes are important
Fretheim A , Schünemann A, Oxman AD: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:18, 1 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the sixth of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 7. Deciding what evidence to include
Fretheim A , Schünemann A, Oxman AD: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:19, 1 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the seventh of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 8. Synthesis and presentation of evidence
Fretheim A , Schünemann A, Oxman AD: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:20, 1 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the eighth of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 9. Grading evidence and recommendations
Fretheim A , Schünemann A, Oxman AD: Health Research Policy and Systems 4:21, 5 December 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best available research evidence. This is the ninth of a series of 16 reviews that have been prepared as background for advice from the WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research to WHO on how to achieve this.
Increasing capacity for knowledge translation: Understanding how some researchers engage policy makers
Kothari A, MacLean L and Edwards N: Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice: 5(1):33–51, January 2009
The potential for research to influence policy, and for researchers to influence policy actors, is significant. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of health services researchers engaging in (or not able to engage in) policy-relevant research. Semistructured telephone interviews were completed with 23 experienced researchers. The results paint a complex and dynamic picture of the policy environment and the relationship between government officials and academic researchers. Elements of this complexity included diverse understandings of the nature of policy and how research relates to policy; dealing with multiple stakeholders in the policy-making process; and identifying strategies to manage the different cultures of government and academia.
India, South Africa to team up on HIV vaccine research
Padma TV: Science and Development Network, 19 October 2010
India and South Africa will launch a joint research project to find vaccines for HIV strains common to both countries. The project was formally approved by the governments of both countries last spring and is expected to be launched by the end of 2010. Virander Chauhan, director of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, said that the five-year, US$1 million dollar project will involve around five research groups from each country with core competence in basic and HIV vaccine research. A successful partnership could serve as a model for similar South–South collaborations and inspire other developing countries to go the same route.