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The new framework of innovation biosphere for analysing innovation policies facing COVID-19 grand challenge
BackgroundFacing global grand challenges such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) require the participation of various actors in different sectors...
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Effectiveness of a complex regional advance care planning intervention to improve care consistency with care preferences: study protocol for a multi-center, cluster-randomized controlled trial focusing on nursing home residents (BEVOR trial)
BackgroundAccording to recent legislation, facilitated advance care planning (ACP) for nursing home (NH) residents is covered by German sickness...
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Experiences with Innovation Fund healthcare models in primary care: a qualitative study amongst German general practitioners
The Innovation Fund was set up in 2015 with the aim of improving medical care in the German statutory health insurance system. Primary care needs to...
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Complex implementation mechanisms in primary care: do physicians’ beliefs about the effectiveness of innovation play a mediating role? Applying a realist inquiry and structural equation modeling approach in a formative evaluation study
BackgroundThe adoption of digital health technologies can improve the quality of care for polypharmacy patients, if the underlying complex...
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A user-centred implementation strategy for tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial
BackgroundTuberculosis(TB) is among the leading causes of infectious death worldwide. Contact investigation is an evidence-based, World Health...
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Comparative effectiveness of implementation strategies for Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the integration of Screen-and-treat Services (ACCESS study): protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid type III trial in Nigeria
BackgroundDespite the increased risk of cervical cancer (CC) among women living with HIV (WLHIV), CC screening and treatment (CCST) rates remain low...
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Tailored implementation of national recommendations on fall prevention among older adults in municipalities in Norway (FALLPREVENT trial): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial
BackgroundDespite substantial research evidence indicating the effectiveness of a range of interventions to prevent falls, uptake into routine...
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Implementation of advance care planning in the routine care for acutely admitted patients in geriatric units: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
BackgroundAcutely ill and frail older adults and their next of kin are often poorly involved in treatment and care decisions. This may lead to either...
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Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial
BackgroundEvidence-based interventions (EBIs) often address normative behaviors. If a behavior is also common among clinicians, they may be skeptical...
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A hybrid digital parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in Tanzania: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial
BackgroundEvidence-based parenting programmes have strong evidence in preventing and mitigating violence, but in-person programmes are challenging to...
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Enhancing Mental and Physical Health of Women through Engagement and Retention (EMPOWER) 2.0 QUERI: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial
BackgroundWomen Veterans are the fastest-growing segment of Veterans Health Administration (VA) users. The VA has invested heavily in delivering care...
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Promoting rational antibiotic therapy among high antibiotic prescribers in German primary care—study protocol of the ElektRA 4-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial
BackgroundThe rational use of antibiotics is of great importance in health care. In primary care, acute respiratory infections are the most common...
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Improvement studies for equitable and evidence-based innovation: an overview of the ‘IM-SEEN’ model
BackgroundHealth inequalities are ubiquitous, and as countries seek to expand service coverage, they are at risk of exacerbating existing...
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Implementing a ward-based programme to improve care for older inpatients: process evaluation of the cluster randomised CHERISH trial
BackgroundOlder inpatients are at high risk of hospital-associated complications, particularly delirium and functional decline. These can be...
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Conclusions of the African Regional GIS Summit (2019): using geographic information systems for public health decision-making
The use of geographic information system (GIS) technologies to improve access to health is gaining momentum in Africa. This has become more pertinent...
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Effect of the data-informed platform for health intervention on the culture of data use for decision-making among district health office staff in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
BackgroundSimilar to other low and middle-income countries, Ethiopia faces limitations in using local health data for decision-making.We aimed to...
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Understanding the processes underpinning IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as RouTine (IMP2ART) in primary care: study protocol for a process evaluation within a cluster randomised controlled implementation trial
BackgroundProviding supported self-management for people with asthma can reduce the burden on patients, health services and wider society....
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The IMPROVE trial: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of using lay health workers to improve uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
BackgroundPulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a programme of exercise and education and the most effective treatment for the symptoms and disability...
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Predictive algorithm for the regional spread of coronavirus infection across the Russian Federation
BackgroundOutbreaks of infectious diseases are a complex phenomenon with many interacting factors. Regional health authorities need prognostic...
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Develo** a Tool for Monitoring and Evaluating a Network Approach to Innovation: Lessons from Year 1 of the SexEdVA Disability-Inclusive Sexual Health Network (DSHN)
Disparities in sexual health outcomes for youth with disabilities require new and creative approaches to address the complex and often individualized...
