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      Improving public health and health systems through evidence informed policy in the Americas

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          Translating knowledge into policy and practice can improve public health and health systems in the Americas, say Tomás Pantoja and colleagues

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          Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: An Agenda for Action

          Sara Bennett, Irene Akua Agyepong, Kabir Sheikh … (2011)
          In the final article in a series addressing the current challenges and opportunities for the development of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR), Sara Bennett and colleagues lay out an agenda for action moving forward.
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            Evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues: perceptions and intentions to act on what was learnt

            Kaelan Moat, John Lavis, Sarah J Clancy … (2014)
            Objective To develop and implement a method for the evaluation of “evidence briefs” and “deliberative dialogues” that could be applied to comparative studies of similar strategies used in the support of evidence-informed policy-making. Methods Participants who read evidence briefs and attended deliberative dialogues in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia were surveyed before the start of the dialogues – to collect their views on pre-circulated evidence briefs – and at the end of the dialogues – to collect their views on the dialogues. The respondents' assessments of the briefs and dialogues and the respondents' intentions to act on what they had learned were then investigated in descriptive statistical analyses and regression models. Findings Of the 530 individuals who read the evidence briefs and attended dialogues, 304 (57%) and 303 (57%) completed questionnaires about the briefs and dialogues, respectively. Respondents viewed the evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues – as well as each of their key features – very favourably, regardless of the country, issue or group involved. Overall, “not concluding with recommendations” and “not aiming for a consensus” were identified as the least helpful features of the briefs and dialogues, respectively. Respondents generally reported strong intentions to act on what they had learnt. Conclusion Although some aspects of their design may need to be improved or, at least, explained and justified to policy-makers and stakeholders, evidence briefs and deliberative dialogues appear to be highly regarded and to lead to intentions to act.
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              Bibliometric analysis of regional Latin America's scientific output in Public Health through SCImago Journal & Country Rank

              Grisel Zacca-González, Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Benjamín Vargas-Quesada … (2014)
              Background In the greater framework of the essential functions of Public Health, our focus is on a systematic, objective, external evaluation of Latin American scientific output, to compare its publications in the area of Public Health with those of other major geographic zones. We aim to describe the regional distribution of output in Public Health, and the level of visibility and specialization, for Latin America; it can then be characterized and compared in the international context. Methods The primary source of information was the Scopus database, using the category “Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health”, in the period 1996–2011. Data were obtained through the portal of SCImago Journal and Country Rank. Using a set of qualitative (citation-based), quantitative (document recount) and collaborative (authors from more than one country) indicators, we derived complementary data. The methodology serves as an analytical tool for researchers and scientific policy-makers. Results The contribution of Latin America to the arsenal of world science lies more or less midway on the international scale in terms of its output and visibility. Revealed as its greatest strengths are the high level of specialization in Public Health and the sustained growth of output. The main limitations identified were a relative decrease in collaboration and low visibility. Conclusions Collaboration is a key factor behind the development of scientific activity in Latin America. Although this finding can be useful for formulating research policy in Latin American countries, it also underlines the need for further research into patterns of scientific communication in this region, to arrive at more specific recommendations.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMJ
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMJ
                Journal ID (publisher-id): BMJ-UK
                Journal ID (hwp): bmj
                Title: The BMJ
                Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
                ISSN (Print): 0959-8138
                ISSN (Electronic): 1756-1833
                Publication date Collection: 2018
                Publication date (Electronic): 16 July 2018
                Volume: 362
                Electronic Location Identifier: k2469
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Family Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
                [2 ]Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brasília, Brazil
                [3 ]Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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                Correspondence to: T Pantoja tpantoja@ 123456med.puc.cl
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                Publisher ID: pant043949
                DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2469
                PMC ID: 6046255
                PubMed ID: 30012716
                SO-VID: dd39d114-179c-431e-97e9-2367bbb7209d
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                Series title: Strengthening Research for Health in the Americas

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