The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the significance foresight research in identifying priority areas for higher education development over next 15-20 years. Developed countries such as USA, Great Britain, Japan, and Germany employ Foresight methodology long-term forecasting at national level. This has proven be most effective tool selecting science technology. versatile can used model ...

Many major incidents have significant impacts on people's health, placing additional demands on health-care organisations. The main aim of this paper is to suggest a prioritised agenda for organisational and management research on emergency planning and management relevant to U.K. health care, based on a scoping study. A secondary aim is to enhance knowledge and understanding of health-care eme...

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The growing global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide has been disregarded until recently by policy makers, major aid donors and academics. However, NCDs are the leading cause of death in the world [1–3]. In 2008, there were 57 million deaths globally, of which 63% were due to NCDs. These chronic diseases are the largest cause of death, led by cardiovascular disease (17 millio...

David S. Hui and Alimuddin Zumla Division of Respiratory Medicine and Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong; and Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Co...

The question of how public funds for research should be allocated has led to participatory priority-setting in prosperous democracies like Taiwan, Republic of China. Useful criteria for research priorities are scientific merit, social benefit and feasibility. Taking a health needs approach and using these criteria, nearly 200 nurses from service and education in a national forum participated in...

Over the past two decades, clinical research within the chiropractic profession has focused on the spine and spinal conditions, specifically neck and low back pain. However, there is now a small group of chiropractors with clinical research training that are shifting their focus away from traditional research pursuits towards new and innovative areas. Specifically, these researchers are now del...