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The "strength of weak ties" for interdisciplinary research (and the value of...
Guest blogger Jay Shaw follows up on his last post about interdisciplinary health research by looking at how making casual connections can help to seek out new interdisciplinary ideas. In the world of...
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'Glocalization'? What is that? The global, the local, and health policy research
I don’t do ‘global health research’. But, I do have concern for those people in the world who might not have access to the resources they need to live healthy, happy lives. So how can I make an impact...
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Welcome to Health Services Research: Evidence Based Practice 2014!
Guest bloggers Jay Shaw and Anita Kothari kick off the 2014 Health Services Research conference with some conversation starters. Leading up to this conference, Jay Shaw wrote about the importance of...
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Health Services Research conference – Highlights from Day 1
Our Health Services Research conference kicked off yesterday at King’s College London. But what were the highlights of Day 1? What did we learn? Guest bloggers, Jay Shaw and Anita Kothari, round up...
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Health Services Research conference – Highlights from Day 2
Our Health Services Research conference continues at King’s College London with its second day. What did we learn? And, what were the highlights? Guest bloggers, Jay Shaw and Anita Kothari, round up...
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Health Services Research conference – a final roundup
Our Health Services Research conference took place last week. Guest bloggers Jay Shaw and Anita Kothari, round up the last day and give us their thoughts on the conference overall. The final day of the...
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Hepatitis in Europe – the hidden epidemic
As the HepHIV 2014 Conference in Barcelona continues, guest blogger Professor Jeffrey Lazarus tells us about the challenges we face to combat hepatitis in Europe. When is it important to gather more...
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Theory and practice: Finding common ground between health economics and...
Can health economics and the practical realities of delivering healthcare work side by side? Michel Wensing, professor of implementation science at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen,...
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Tackling infant mortality in Malawi with mHealth
Forty one thousand children died before reaching their fifth birthday in Malawi in 2013. Over half of these deaths were caused by illnesses (sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia and diarrhoea) that are both...
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The research behind giving up cigarettes: a Q&A with leading expert Peter Hajek
Peter Hajek, from the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, is a leading expert on the behavioral and pharmacological treatments associated with giving up...
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What I learnt from my first health system research project
Starting my first research project Back in 2013, I just stepped out of my university after getting my Master of Public Health degree, in no time I was given an excellent opportunity to work on a World...
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Patients’ views on what matters most
When I was pregnant with my second child, a fabulous midwife was responsible for my prenatal care. She respected that I was aware of what my body was telling me to do, or not to do. More importantly,...
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The health and social workforce: An irresistible investment opportunity in...
Decades of chronic underinvestment in the health workforce in many countries has been driven by the belief that health workers were a drag on the economy and a cost to be contained. This predominant...
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Challenging health system inequity by practicing everyday governance
The myth of governance Governance, as it relates to the health care system, often seems to be more of a myth than an instituted practice. It’s a term we know is important in that every health system...
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Bang for your buck: the return from public investments in biomedical and...
Every year, globally, around $270 billion is invested in biomedical and health research. But is it worth it? This may be a facile question to some – clearly it is worth it: average life expectancy in...
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Moving towards universal health coverage: engaging non-state providers
Where you live in the world dramatically affects your access to essential health services – WHO Making sure people have access to health services is a challenge everywhere. In a country like...
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Doing research with those who use it
We are excited to release our special collection of concept papers exploring the history, boundaries, and future of research co-production – what we in Canada call integrated knowledge translation...
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Advancing the science of scaling up: highlights from the 2nd Annual UK...
The Centre for Implementation Science at the King’s College London hosted the 2nd Annual UK Implementation Science Research Conference on July 19th, 2019 which was supported by BMC, the UK...
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Strengthening public private partnerships in health in Africa: right timing;...
The role of the private sector in attaining the objectives of the health sector is gaining increasing recognition, especially in low income countries. Arguably, the private sector is not a new player...
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What I learnt from my first health system research project
Starting my first research project Back in 2013, I just stepped out of my university after getting my Master of Public Health degree, in no time I was given an excellent opportunity to work on a World...
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