Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy and Practice: Comment on "CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System"

Far too often, there is a gap between research and policy and practice. Too much research is undertaken with little relevance to real life problems or its reported in ways that are obscure and impenetrable. At the same time, many policies are developed and implemented but are untouched by, or even c...

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Autor principal: McKee, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31657178
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2019.46
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description Far too often, there is a gap between research and policy and practice. Too much research is undertaken with little relevance to real life problems or its reported in ways that are obscure and impenetrable. At the same time, many policies are developed and implemented but are untouched by, or even contrary to evidence. An accompanying paper describes an innovative programme in Canada to help bridge this gap. This commentary notes the growing acceptance of such initiatives but highlights the challenges of sustaining their benefits.
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spelling pubmed-68159902019-10-31 Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy and Practice: Comment on "CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System" McKee, Martin Int J Health Policy Manag Commentary Far too often, there is a gap between research and policy and practice. Too much research is undertaken with little relevance to real life problems or its reported in ways that are obscure and impenetrable. At the same time, many policies are developed and implemented but are untouched by, or even contrary to evidence. An accompanying paper describes an innovative programme in Canada to help bridge this gap. This commentary notes the growing acceptance of such initiatives but highlights the challenges of sustaining their benefits. Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2019-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6815990/ /pubmed/31657178 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2019.46 Text en © 2019 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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