Books:
Oxman AD, Lavis JN, Lewin S, Fretheim A (editors). SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). Rapport fra Kunnskapssenteret nr 04 - 2010. ISBN 978-82-8121-334-0 ISSN. All students will be provided with a hard copy of this report.. http://www.kunnskapssenteret.no/Publikasjoner/8879.cms.
Michael Hill. The public policy process. 5th ed. Longman, 2009. Chapters 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 14. http://books.google.com/books?id=tfxOPgAACAAJ&dq.
Sandra M. Nutley, Isabel Walter, H. T. O. Davies: 2007. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8. Using evidence: how research can inform public services. The Policy Press.
Don de Savigny and Taghreed Adam (Eds). Systems thinking for health systems strengthening. Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, 2009.
Plant Aileen J. Evidence based health care and international health. Good but not good enough. Chapter 10, p 141 in Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen and Gavin Mooney. Evidence-based medicine: in its place. Routledge, 2004. http://books.google.com/books?id=4c1GkGPysCcC&pg=PA141&dq .
Reports:
Atun RA, Bennett S, Duran A. When do vertical (stand-alone) programmes have a place in health systems? HEN-OBS joint policy brief No.5, 2008. . http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/75491/E93417.pdf .
Lavis JN, Boyko JA. Evidence Brief: Strengthening Primary Healthcare in Canada. Hamilton, Canada: McMaster Health Forum, 11 May 2009. http://fhswedge.mcmaster.ca/healthforum/docs/Strengthening%20Primary%20Healthcare%20in%20Canada_evidence-brief_2009-05-11.pdf .
Oxman AD, Bjørndal A, Flottorp S, Lewin S. Lindahl AK. Integrated Health Care for People with Chronic Conditions. Notat 2008. ISBN 978-82-8121-238-1 . http://www.kunnskapssenteret.no/Publikasjoner/5114.cms .
Papers:
Behague D, Tawiah C, Rosato M, Some T, Morrison J. Evidence-based policy-making: the implications of globally-applicable research for context-specific problem-solving in developing countries. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov;69(10):1539-46 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19781839.
Greenhalgh T, Russell J. Evidence-based policymaking: a critique. Perspect Biol Med. 2009 Spring;52(2):304-18 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19395827 .
Hyder AA, Corluka A, Winch PJ, El-Shinnawy A, Ghassany H, Malekafzali H, Lim MK, Mfutso-Bengo J, Segura E, Ghaffar A. National policy-makers speak out: are researchers giving them what they need? Health Policy Plan. 2010 Jun 14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20547652 .
Hyder A, Syed S, Puvanachandra P, Bloom G, Sundaram S, Mahmood S, Iqbal M, Hongwen Z, Ravichandran N, Oladepo O, Pariyo G, Peters D. Stakeholder analysis for health research: case studies from low- and middle-income countries. Public Health. 2010 Mar;124(3):159-66 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20227095 .
van Kerkhoff L, Szlezák NA. Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: The role of innovative global institutions in linking knowledge and action. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 18. . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194749 .
Lavis JN, Oxman AD, Lewin S, Fretheim A. SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). Health Res Policy Syst. 2009 Dec 16;7 Suppl 1:I1 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20018098.
Lavis JN. How can we support the use of systematic reviews in policymaking? PLoS Med. 2009 Nov;6(11):e1000141. Epub 2009 Nov 17 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19936223 .
Lavis J, Davies H, Oxman A, Denis JL, Golden-Biddle K, Ferlie E. Towards systematic reviews that inform health care management and policy-making. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2005 Jul;10 Suppl 1:35-48 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16053582.
Lavis JN, Posada FB, Haines A, Osei E. Use of research to inform public policymaking. Lancet. 2004 Oct 30-Nov 5;364(9445):1615-21 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15519634 .
Walshe K, Rundall TG. Evidence-based management: from theory to practice in health care. Milbank Q. 2001;79(3):429-57, IV-V . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11565163 .
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT). Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making. . http://learning.nccmt.ca/en/.
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