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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP).
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Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
3.93
|
|
2
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The female community health volunteer programme in Nepal: decision makers' perceptions of volunteerism, payment and other incentives.
|
Soc Sci Med
|
2010
|
3.91
|
|
3
|
Task shifting of antiretroviral treatment from doctors to primary-care nurses in South Africa (STRETCH): a pragmatic, parallel, cluster-randomised trial.
|
Lancet
|
2012
|
3.69
|
|
4
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 14: Organising and using policy dialogues to support evidence-informed policymaking.
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Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
3.45
|
|
5
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
3.34
|
|
6
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 1: What is evidence-informed policymaking?
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
3.32
|
|
7
|
Taking healthcare interventions from trial to practice.
|
BMJ
|
2010
|
3.27
|
|
8
|
Can we systematically review studies that evaluate complex interventions?
|
PLoS Med
|
2009
|
3.04
|
|
9
|
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2013
|
2.85
|
|
10
|
Non-specialist health worker interventions for the care of mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders in low- and middle-income countries.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2013
|
2.67
|
|
11
|
Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2012
|
2.53
|
|
12
|
Translating research into policy and practice in developing countries: a case study of magnesium sulphate for pre-eclampsia.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2005
|
2.50
|
|
13
|
Thirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic review of the impact of community health workers delivering curative interventions against malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa.
|
Hum Resour Health
|
2011
|
2.47
|
|
14
|
Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: lessons learnt.
|
BMC Med Res Methodol
|
2008
|
2.28
|
|
15
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 4: Using research evidence to clarify a problem.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
2.15
|
|
16
|
A review of health behaviour theories: how useful are these for developing interventions to promote long-term medication adherence for TB and HIV/AIDS?
|
BMC Public Health
|
2007
|
2.11
|
|
17
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 9: Assessing the applicability of the findings of a systematic review.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
2.05
|
|
18
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 10: Taking equity into consideration when assessing the findings of a systematic review.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
2.03
|
|
19
|
SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed policymaking in health 6: Using research evidence to address how an option will be implemented.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
2.02
|
|
20
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The emergence of community health worker programmes in the late apartheid era in South Africa: An historical analysis.
|
Soc Sci Med
|
2010
|
2.02
|
|
21
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 7: Finding systematic reviews.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.99
|
|
22
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 3: Setting priorities for supporting evidence-informed policymaking.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.84
|
|
23
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 5: Using research evidence to frame options to address a problem.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.82
|
|
24
|
SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed policymaking in health 18: Planning monitoring and evaluation of policies.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.81
|
|
25
|
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: rationale for and challenges of guidance development.
|
PLoS Med
|
2012
|
1.81
|
|
26
|
Hope is the pillar of the universe: health-care providers' experiences of delivering anti-retroviral therapy in primary health-care clinics in the Free State province of South Africa.
|
Soc Sci Med
|
2006
|
1.74
|
|
27
|
Expanding access to ART in South Africa: the role of nurse-initiated treatment.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2010
|
1.71
|
|
28
|
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development.
|
PLoS Med
|
2012
|
1.68
|
|
29
|
Outreach education for integration of HIV/AIDS care, antiretroviral treatment, and tuberculosis care in primary care clinics in South Africa: PALSA PLUS pragmatic cluster randomised trial.
|
BMJ
|
2011
|
1.63
|
|
30
|
Implementing nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral treatment (NIMART) in South Africa: a qualitative process evaluation of the STRETCH trial.
|
Implement Sci
|
2012
|
1.57
|
|
31
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 2: Improving how your organisation supports the use of research evidence to inform policymaking.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.54
|
|
32
|
Interprofessional collaboration in the hospital: strategies and meanings.
|
J Health Serv Res Policy
|
2004
|
1.54
|
|
33
|
A research and development agenda for systematic reviews that ask complex questions about complex interventions.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2013
|
1.44
|
|
34
|
Translating research into policy: lessons learned from eclampsia treatment and malaria control in three southern African countries.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.41
|
|
35
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 17: Dealing with insufficient research evidence.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.37
|
|
36
|
A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: towards promoting health and preventing disease.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2007
|
1.37
|
|
37
|
Translating research into maternal health care policy: a qualitative case study of the use of evidence in policies for the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in South Africa.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2008
|
1.36
|
|
38
|
Still too little qualitative research to shed light on results from reviews of effectiveness trials: a case study of a Cochrane review on the use of lay health workers.
|
Implement Sci
|
2011
|
1.32
|
|
39
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 12: Finding and using research evidence about resource use and costs.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.31
|
|
40
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 16: Using research evidence in balancing the pros and cons of policies.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.30
|
|
41
|
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 15: Engaging the public in evidence-informed policymaking.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2009
|
1.30
|
|
42
|
A systematic review of qualitative evidence on barriers and facilitators to the implementation of task-shifting in midwifery services.
|
Midwifery
|
2013
|
1.24
|
|
43
|
Policy development in malaria vector management in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
|
Health Policy Plan
|
2010
|
1.22
|
|
44
|
The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial.
|
Implement Sci
|
2010
|
1.21
|
|
45
|
Task shifting and integration of HIV care into primary care in South Africa: the development and content of the streamlining tasks and roles to expand treatment and care for HIV (STRETCH) intervention.
|
Implement Sci
|
2011
|
1.20
|
|
46
|
Assessing the applicability of findings in systematic reviews of complex interventions can enhance the utility of reviews for decision making.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2013
|
1.18
|
|
47
|
Are vaccination programmes delivered by lay health workers cost-effective? A systematic review.
|
Hum Resour Health
|
2009
|
1.15
|
|
48
|
Can lay health workers increase the uptake of childhood immunisation? Systematic review and typology.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2011
|
1.10
|
|
49
|
Policymakers' and other stakeholders' perceptions of key considerations for health system decisions and the presentation of evidence to inform those considerations: an international survey.
|
Health Res Policy Syst
|
2013
|
1.10
|
|
50
|
Economic support to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in South Africa: a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2013
|
1.06
|
|
51
|
"Communicate to vaccinate": the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination.
|
BMC Int Health Hum Rights
|
2013
|
1.04
|
|
52
|
Using qualitative interviews within medical education research: why we must raise the 'quality bar'.
|
Med Educ
|
2006
|
1.02
|
|
53
|
Implementing large-scale programmes to optimise the health workforce in low- and middle-income settings: a multicountry case study synthesis.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2014
|
1.00
|
|
54
|
Provider experiences of the implementation of a new tuberculosis treatment programme: a qualitative study using the normalisation process model.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2011
|
1.00
|
|
55
|
Strengthening public health in South Africa: building a stronger evidence base for improving the health of the nation.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2007
|
0.99
|
|
56
|
The provision of TB and HIV/AIDS treatment support by lay health workers in South Africa: a time-and-motion study.
|
Hum Resour Health
|
2014
|
0.97
|
|
57
|
Changing professional practice in tuberculosis care: an educational intervention.
|
J Adv Nurs
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
58
|
Delivering integrated HIV services: time for a client-centred approach to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV?
|
AIDS
|
2010
|
0.94
|
|
59
|
Interventions aimed at communities to inform and/or educate about early childhood vaccination.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2014
|
0.94
|
|
60
|
Stakeholder views on the incorporation of traditional birth attendants into the formal health systems of low-and middle-income countries: a qualitative analysis of the HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 email discussion forums.
|
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
|
2014
|
0.93
|
|
61
|
Integrating HIV care into nurse-led primary health care services in South Africa: a synthesis of three linked qualitative studies.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2013
|
0.92
|
|
62
|
Provider-initiated testing and counselling for HIV - from debate to implementation.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2010
|
0.91
|
|
63
|
Non-specialist health worker interventions for mental health care in low- and middle- income countries.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
64
|
Implementing a provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) intervention in Cape town, South Africa: a process evaluation using the normalisation process model.
|
Implement Sci
|
2013
|
0.87
|
|
65
|
Patients' experiences of an intervention to support tuberculosis treatment adherence in South Africa.
|
J Health Serv Res Policy
|
2010
|
0.85
|
|
66
|
Nonrandomized studies are not always found even when selection criteria for health systems intervention reviews include them: a methodological study.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
67
|
Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health: lay health workers may help bridge equity gap in maternal and child health.
|
BMJ
|
2005
|
0.83
|
|
68
|
Optimizing the world's nursing and midwifery roles to meet the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health more effectively.
|
J Adv Nurs
|
2014
|
0.82
|
|
69
|
Health systems research training enhances workplace research skills: a qualitative evaluation.
|
J Contin Educ Health Prof
|
2003
|
0.81
|
|
70
|
Economic support to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in South Africa: a qualitative process evaluation of a cluster randomized controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2014
|
0.80
|
|
71
|
Completeness of reporting of setting and health worker cadre among trials on antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnancy: an assessment based on two Cochrane reviews.
|
Syst Rev
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
72
|
A comparison of linkage to HIV care after provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) versus voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) for patients with sexually transmitted infections in Cape Town, South Africa.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2014
|
0.78
|
|
73
|
Financial arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2017
|
0.77
|
|
74
|
Towards an empowerment approach in tuberculosis treatment in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative analysis of programmatic change.
|
Glob Health Action
|
2012
|
0.77
|
|
75
|
The growth of a culture of evidence-based obstetrics in South Africa: a qualitative case study.
|
Reprod Health
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
76
|
Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Evaluating the introduction of ward-based medical teams on collaboration and patient care.
|
J Interprof Care
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to four selected environmental risk factors in South Africa.
|
Rev Environ Health
|
2010
|
0.75
|