Background Implementation science aims to accelerate the public health impact of evidence-
based interventions. However, implementation science has had too little focus on the role of …

Background Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) refers to collaboration between
researchers and decision-makers. While advocated as an approach for enhancing the …

Background Closing the gap between research production and research use is a key
challenge for the health research system. Stakeholder engagement is being increasingly …

Chapter 1 discussed the ways that reviews examine previous research and other forms of
evidence to answer review questions and how their methods depend upon the questions …

Background The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a
problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding
chapters of this book. The book represents the most comprehensive collection of research …

Political scientists are increasingly exhorted to ensure their research has policy 'impact',
most notably via Research Excellence Framework (REF) impact case studies, and 'pathways …

Applied research organizations invest a great deal of time, and research funders invest a
great deal of money generating and (one hopes) transferring research knowledge that could …

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy,
employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It …