Skip to main content Advertisement Menu Search Search Publisher main menu Journals Submissions Publishing services About My Account Follow BioMed Central Twitter Facebook Health Research Policy and Systems Health Research Policy and Systems main menu Home About Articles Featured supplement The Research and Advocacy Fund (RAF) for Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) worked within the health system context in Pakistan with the aim of espousing the principles of evidence, advocacy, and dissemination to improve MNH outcomes. The articles included in this special issue are outputs of RAF and highlight where RAF’s approaches contributed to MNH policy reforms. Read More Articles Recent Most accessed Recent articles Recent articles RSS 1. Research Setting priorities in health research using the model proposed by the World Health Organization: development of a quantitative methodology using tuberculosis in South Africa as a worked example Damian Hacking and Susan Cleary Published on: 9 February 2016 2. Research Development and use of a research productivity assessment tool for clinicians in low-resource settings in the Pacific Islands: a Delphi study Alec J. Ekeroma, Boaz Shulruf, Lesley McCowan, Andrew G. Hill and Tim Kenealy Published on: 29 January 2016 3. Study Protocol Evaluation of the effects of health impact assessment practice at the local level in Monteregie Kareen Nour, Sarah Dutilly-Simard, Astrid Brousselle, Pernelle Smits, Jean-Marie Buregeya, Julie Loslier and Jean-Louis Denis Published on: 27 January 2016 4. Study Protocol Systems consultation: protocol for a novel implementation strategy designed to promote evidence-based practice in primary care Andrew Quanbeck, Randall T Brown, Aleksandra E Zgierska, Roberta A Johnson, James M Robinson and Nora Jacobson Published on: 27 January 2016 5. Research Published and unpublished evidence in coverage decision-making for pharmaceuticals in Europe: existing approaches and way forward Dimitra Panteli, Alexandra Nolting, Helene Eckhardt, Michael Kulig and Reinhard Busse Published on: 26 January 2016 View all articles Most accessed articles Most accessed articles RSS 1. Review The utilisation of health research in policy-making: concepts, examples and methods of assessment Stephen R Hanney, Miguel A Gonzalez-Block, Martin J Buxton and Maurice Kogan Published on: 13 January 2003 2. Review Asking the right questions: Scoping studies in the commissioning of research on the organisation and delivery of health services Stuart Anderson, Pauline Allen, Stephen Peckham and Nick Goodwin Published on: 9 July 2008 3. Research Assessing communities of practice in health policy: a conceptual framework as a first step towards empirical research Maria Paola Bertone, Bruno Meessen, Guy Clarysse, David Hercot, Allison Kelley, Yamba Kafando, Isabelle Lange, Jérôme Pfaffmann, Valéry Ridde, Isidore Sieleunou and Sophie Witter Published on: 20 October 2013 4. Commentary The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking? David H Peters Published on: 26 August 2014 5. Review The role of NGOs in global health research for development Hélène Delisle, Janet Hatcher Roberts, Michelle Munro, Lori Jones and Theresa W Gyorkos Published on: 21 February 2005 View all articles Aims and scope Health Research Policy and Systems covers all aspects of the organisation and use of health research – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers, practitioners in health and related fields, and society at large. Read More Editors-in-Chief Miguel González-Block, Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, Mexico Stephen Hanney, Brunel University London, UK Latest article collection Informing the establishment of the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development Edited by: Taghreed Adam, John-Arne Røttingen and Marie-Paule Kieny Latest editorial Health research improves healthcare: now we have the evidence and the chance to help the WHO spread such benefits globally Stephen R Hanney, Miguel A González-Block Health Research Policy and Systems 2015, 13:12 Published in collaboration with the World Health Organization Submit a manuscript Submission Guidelines Editorial Board Sign up to article alerts Impact Factor: 1.810 ISSN: 1478-4505 Advertisement Contact us Jobs Manage manuscripts Sign up for article alerts Manage article alerts Leave feedback Press center Read more on our blogs Policies Licensing Terms and conditions Privacy statement Accessibility Cookies Follow BioMed Central Twitter Facebook Google Plus YouTube LinkedIn Reddit Weibo © 2016 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. Part of Springer Science+Business Media. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Terms and Conditions, Privacy statement and Cookies policy.