Professor Trudie Lang on Sky News
The Chan Zuckerberg initiative
The Global Health Network congratulates the Chan Zuckerberg initiative on this important development Read more
Have you used or applied the results of Implementation Research? Your experieneces are needed!! READ MORE HERE
Implementation research: it's important and it's for everyone! Find out about joining HIFA's free discussion group on Implementation Research here
Implementation research: what it is and how to do it - a useful article from the BMJ
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Africa-Oxford (AfOx) Travel Grants
For supporting the establishment of new collaborations between Africa and Oxford for research or teaching related to health and biomedical sciences
The grant can be used to cover costs of travel (in either direction i.e. Oxford staff to an African institution or vice versa), accommodation and incidental expenses to a maximum of £5000 (it is anticipated that visits in general will ... Read more
Call for TDR International Postgraduate Scholarship on Implementation Science for 2017 Academic Year
DESCRIPTION The University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Public Health announces a call for full-timeMaster and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the field of Implementation Science. The award forthe programmes is provided by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training ... Read more
HRP/TDR/PAHO Joint Small Grants Programme for research on the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas
Deadline for submission: 15 September 2016
This is a joint Initiative between TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases that is cosponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO; the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in ... Read more
Strategic actions supporting health systems/services optimisation research capacities in cooperation with development assistance initiatives
The purpose of this call for proposals is to support distinct strategic actions to strengthen the capacity of health systems to effectively deliver new products and to monitor their post-market safety. This will be achieved through effective cooperation with relevant ... Read more
Research4Life-INASP Advocacy Competition
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2016
Send your story of successful advocacy which has improved the research4Life environment at your institution, or the health, educational, environmental, social or economic wellbeing of your neighbourhood or your country. Enter the competition and win a 2017 travel grant to ... Read more
Joint EMRO/TDR Small Grants Scheme for Implementation Research in Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Call for Applications 2016-2017
Deadline for submission: 1 August 2016 Only applicants from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region eligible The Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization WHO/EMRO and the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) are pleased ... Read more
Articles
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Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide from the WHO
This extensive, free guide from the WHO aims to facilitate implementation research for Low and Low-Middle Income countries, by providing a practical overview explaining why implementation reseach is needed and ...
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A systematic review of barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakers (BMC article)
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:2 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-2 Published: 3 January 2014 AbstractBackground The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a ...
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TDR Implementation Research Toolkit
An extensive toolkit developed by TDR has been published on how to conduct implementation research. This toolkit was designed to help people learn a standard process that would lead to ...
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Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide from the WHO
This extensive, free guide from the WHO aims to facilitate implementation research for Low and Low-Middle Income countries, by providing a practical overview explaining why implementation reseach is needed and ...
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PROCESS: Evaluating how the PRIME intervention worked in practice
Scientific title: What is the process, context and impact of the PRIME health facility intervention and how can this explain the findings of the trial’s endpoints? PROCESS: Evaluating how ...
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Dissemination and Implementation Research: Intersection between Nursing Science and Health Care Delivery
Printed in Nursing Research and Practice, Hinari, Vol 2013, Article 802767. The editorial writtten by Vivcent D, Hastings-Tolsma M and Stevens K discusses barriers and facilitaors of implementaion of research ...
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Evaluating the impact of a public health centre intervention on management of malaria and health outcomes of children in Uganda: Results from the PRIME & PROCESS studies
The PRIME intervention was implemented successfully, although not all health workers received the training. The intervention appeared to improve malaria case management, communication between health workers and patients, and patient ...
Discussions
Some specific job opportunities:
Research Fellow in Ethics and Maternal Health (University of Oxford, UK)
Policy Advisor (Wellcome Trust, London)
Unit Director (Cochrane RSA)
Data Manager (Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) based at Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health)
Postdoc Fellowship in Systems Immunology (SATVI, Cape Town)
Senior Research Fellow in Infection and Global Child Health (University of Liverpool; Malawi)
Principal Health Consultant (Oxford Policy Management, New Delhi)
Lab Information Officer (UVRI Entebbe)
Grants/Accounts Assistant (UVRI Entebbe)
Epidemiologist needed (OUCRU, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Clinical Research Physician (TB Research Group - Ho Chi Minh)
E-Learning
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Children and Clinical Research
NEW! Children and Clinical Research is a new free, online training course tackling the issue of: how can we ethically undertake the research involving children and young people that is needed to ensure their healthcare services are safe and effective, given that research often involves burdens and risks? Moreover, what role should children, young people and parents themselves play in influencing how research studies are carried out, and how can their voices help influence the wider research agenda?
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Ethics and best practices in sharing individual-level research data
This peer reviewed course outlines ethical aspects of sharing individual level research data and proposed best practices. It aims to be of value to those designing and reviewing individual research protocols where data sharing is anticipated, and to those developing institutional policies and processes for governing data sharing.
