Moving From Policy to Implementation

PrEP implementation: moving from trials to policy and practice

INTRODUCTION It is increasingly clear that the HIV response will not be sustainable if the number of infections is not significantly reduced. DISCUSSION For two decades, research has been ongoing to identify new behavioural and biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection. In the past few years, the efficacy of several new strategies has been demonstrated, including oral pre-exposure prophy...

Moving From National to International Environmental Policy

Implementation Science: Moving from Theory to Sustainability

grown exponentially in the past decade, but the “Holy Grail” of reducing the time from a research finding to adoption in routine care remains elusive. While researchers have offered dozens of implementation models, theories, and frameworks, few outline specific pathways or strategies for accelerating the movement of research from the academic shelf into the hands of patients and practitioners. ...

Mathematics: Moving from Humor to Creativity

This study aimed to examine the effects of integrating humor into math curriculum on mathematical creativity of sixth grade students in primary school. The current paper reports the results of the quantitative section of a larger study conducted through a mixed methods design. Mathematical creativity of students based on their performance was measured after the implementation of the researcher-...

Women and tobacco: moving from policy to action.

A gender perspective contributes to a better understanding of the epidemiological trends, social marketing strategies, economic policies, and international actions relating to women and the tobacco epidemic. Evidence is provided in this article for the negative impact of tobacco use by women and of passive smoking on the health of women and children. Use of tobacco by women is increasing and th...