Background Capacity building strategies are widely used to increase the use of research in
policy development. However, a lack of well-validated measures for policy contexts has …

Background Health policy-making can benefit from more effective use of research. In many
policy settings there is scope to increase capacity for using research individually and …

Background: To improve the use of evidence in policy and practice, many organisations and
individuals seek to promote research-policy engagement activities, but little is known about …

Background Measuring the policy and practice impacts of research is becoming increasingly
important. Policy impacts can be measured from two directions–tracing forward from …

The recent proliferation of strategies designed to increase the use of research in health
policy (knowledge exchange) demands better application of contemporary conceptual …

Background The importance of engaging stakeholders in the research process is well
recognised. Whilst engagement is important, guidelines and practices vary for how …

Increasing the use of evidence in policy making means strengthening capacity on both the
supply and demand sides of evidence production. However, little experience of …

Background: Better communication is often suggested as fundamental to increasing the use
of research evidence in policy, but little is known about how researchers and policy makers …

Background Research capacity development (RCD) is considered fundamental to closing
the evidence–practice gap, thereby contributing to health, wealth and knowledge for …

Background Health research capacity strengthening (RCS) projects are often complex and
hard to evaluate. In order to inform health RCS evaluation efforts, we aimed to describe and …