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1. Content Type:Research

     |  16 March 2018

   Measuring research impact in medical research institutes: a qualitative study of the attitudes and opinions of Australian medical research institutes towards research impact assessment frameworks

   Authors:Simon Deeming, Penny Reeves, Shanthi Ramanathan, John Attia, Michael Nilsson and Andrew Searles
2. Content Type:Research

     |  15 March 2018

   A comparative evaluation of PDQ-Evidence

   Authors:Marit Johansen, Gabriel Rada, Sarah Rosenbaum, Elizabeth Paulsen, Nkengafac Villyen Motaze, Newton Opiyo, Charles S. Wiysonge, Yunpeng Ding, Fidele K. Mukinda and Andrew D. Oxman
3. Content Type:Case Study

     |  15 March 2018

   The implementation of Health in All Policies initiatives: a systems framework for government action

   Authors:Ketan Shankardass, Carles Muntaner, Lauri Kokkinen, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Alix Freiler, Goldameir Oneka, Ahmed M. Bayoumi and Patricia O’Campo
4. Content Type:Research

     |  15 March 2018

   A comparison between health research output and burden of disease in Arab countries: evidence from Palestine

   Authors:Loai Albarqouni, Khamis Elessi and Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh
5. Content Type:Research

     |  14 March 2018

   The potential role of cost-utility analysis in the decision to implement major system change in acute stroke services in metropolitan areas in England

   Authors:Rachael M. Hunter, Naomi J. Fulop, Ruth J. Boaden, Christopher McKevitt, Catherine Perry, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Anthony G. Rudd, Simon J. Turner, Pippa J. Tyrrell, Charles D. A. Wolfe and Stephen Morris

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Featured opinion

Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy?
Health Research Policy and Systems(2017) 15:35

Paul Cairney and Kathryn Oliver conclude that successful engagement in ‘evidence-based policymaking’ requires pragmatism, combining scientific evidence with governance principles, and persuasion to translate complex evidence into simple stories.

Featured article

Identifying priority technical and context-specific issues in improving the conduct, reporting and use of health economic evaluation in low- and middle-income countries

Health Research Policy and Systems (2018) 16:4

The authors aim to identify the top priority issues that impede the conduct, reporting and use of economic evaluation as well as potential solutions as an input for future research topics by the international Decision Support Initiative and other movements.

Editors-in-Chief

Fadi El-Jardali, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Tari Turner, Monash University, Australia

Featured supplement

Using Theories of Change to inform implementation of health systems research and innovation: experiences of Future Health Systems consortium partners in Bangladesh, India and Uganda

Health Research Policy and Systems (2017) 15(Suppl 2):109

The Theory of Change (ToC) is a management and evaluation tool supporting critical thinking in the design, implementation and evaluation of development programmes. The ToC development and revision process helped Future Health Systems research teams to reflect on, and make their assumptions and mental models about their respective interventions explicit.

This article is part of the Supplement on Engaging Stakeholders in Implementation Research: tools, approaches, and lessons learned from application.