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Challenges in Translational Research: The Views of Addiction Scientists
Objectives To explore scientists' perspectives on the challenges and pressures of translating research findings into clinical practice and public health policy. Methods... -
Going smoke-free: University staff and students’ qualitative views about smok...
Background Despite many Australian universities introducing smoke-free policies on campus, there is little information about staff and students understanding of smoking on... -
What are fair study benefits in international health research? Consulting com...
Background Planning study benefits and payments for participants in international health research in low- income settings can be a difficult and controversial process, with... -
Good and Bad Research Collaborations: Researchers' Views on Science and Ethic...
There has been a dramatic rise in the scale and scope of collaborative global health research. A number of structural and scientific factors explain this growth and there has... -
Philanthro-metrics: Mining multi-million-dollar gifts
The Million Dollar List (MDL, online at http://www.milliondollarlist.org) is a compilation of publicly announced charitable donations of $1 million or more from across the... -
Alcohol Misuse among University Staff: A Cross-Sectional Study
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of hazardous drinking among staff in a UK university and its association with key socio-demographic features. DESIGN: A cross-sectional... -
Equity in aid allocation and distribution: A qualitative study of key stakeho...
The Sustainable Development Goals have spurred a growing interest in and focus on equitable development. In theory, donors can play an important role in promoting equity within... -
Variability in Costs across Hospital Wards. A Study of Chinese Hospitals
Introduction Analysts estimating the costs or cost-effectiveness of health interventions requiring hospitalization often cut corners because they lack data and the costs of... -
Kala-azar in Pregnancy in Mymensingh, Bangladesh: A Social Autopsy
This study was funded by the Core Research Fund of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (www.icddrb.org) through its New Researcher Award mechanism. -
Utilization of smoking cessation medication benefits among medicaid fee-for-s...
Objective To assess state coverage and utilization of Medicaid smoking cessation medication benefits among fee-for-service enrollees who smoked cigarettes. Methods We... -
A decade of decline: Grant funding for researchers with disabilities 2008 to ...
Recent data highlights an imbalance in research grant success among groups underrepresented within the biomedical workforce, including racial/ethnic minorities and women.... -
Supporting Better Evidence Generation and Use within Social Innovation in Hea...
Background While several papers have highlighted a lack of evidence to scale social innovations in health, fewer have explored decision-maker understandings of the relative... -
Tweeting about public health policy::social media response to the UK Governme...
Background Standardised tobacco packaging has been, and remains, a contentious policy globally, attracting corporate, public health, political, media and popular attention. In... -
Enlisting the support of trusted sources to tackle policy problems: The case ...
Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the world’s most pressing public health problems. Governments around the world have—and will continue to—develop policy proposals to... -
A case study exploring associations between popular media attention of scient...
The association between mention of scientific research in popular media (e.g., the mainstream media or social media platforms) and scientific impact (e.g., citations) has yet to... -
Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argument...
Misinformation can undermine a well-functioning democracy. For example, public misconceptions about climate change can lead to lowered acceptance of the reality of climate... -
Needs Assessment for Performance Improvement of Personnel in Charge of Epidem...
Background In line with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), the Morocco health surveillance system has been reinforced via infrastructure strengthening and... -
Multiple attribute decision making model and application to food safety risk ...
Decision making for supermarket food purchase decisions are characterized by network relationships. This paper analyzed factors that influence supermarket food selection and... -
Global health research and education at medical faculties in Germany
Background Universities undertake the majority of publicly funded research in Germany and hence bear a responsibility to contribute to global health efforts. So far,...
