In this paper, the authors share their experience on evidence utilization in the development of Thailand's maternal iodine supplementation policy in 2009-2010. Observations and reflections on their experience of engaging with research for policymaking are illustrated. The case study indicates that rapid approaches in conducting research, namely a targeted literature review and cross-sectional s...

Liverpool City Council and Health Authorities recently launched their City Health Plan, a five-year strategy to improve health and well-being in Liverpool, building on the foundations of the WHO Healthy Cities initiative. This strategy addresses the following key areas: housing for health, poverty and unemployment and health, health and the environment, health action for children and young peop...

This paper analyses structural change in the Taiwanese economy over the period 1976-1994 using a series of input-output tables. Unlike other studies of structural change this analysis investigates the evolving internal complexity of intersectoral interdependencies using Key Sector Analysis which gauges the strength of forward and backward linkages, and the recently developed method of Minimal F...

OBJECTIVES Evidence suggests that doctors and nurses do not always work collaboratively in health care settings and that this contributes to suboptimal patient care. However, there is little information on interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among new medical and nursing graduates working together for the first time in a multidisciplinary health care team. Our aim was to understand the nature...

BACKGROUND Policy analysis is often retrospective and not well suited to helping policy makers decide what to do; in contrast prospective policy analysis seeks to assist in formulating responses to challenging public policy questions. Suicide in Sri Lanka is a major public health problem, with ingestion of pesticides being the primary method. Previous policy interventions have been associated w...

Chiral Perturbation Theory and Finite Size Effects on the Nucleon Mass in unquenched QCD ∗ A. Ali Khan, T. Bakeyev, M. Göckeler, T.R. Hemmert, R. Horsley , A.C. Irving, D. Pleiter, P.E.L. Rakow, G. Schierholz, and H. Stüben (QCDSF and UKQCD Collaborations) Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia Instit...

OBJECTIVE To understand and evaluate the work of intersectoral assistance on the insertion and the flow of people in situation of street with severe mental illness in public services of Mental Health. METHOD A case study developed from ten visits to a night shelter between March and April 2012. For data collection, the participant observation and semi-structured interviews were carried out wi...